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Mon, 9 Apr 2012 | By mudskipper | Views [1037] | Video
Day 4 - Wednesday 2nd November, 2011 After exploring the Turangi area we headed back to the van for a small rest and for preparation to be picked up at 5pm at the Holiday Park by the free bus service provided by Wairakei Terraces. Wairakei Terraces ... Read more >
Mon, 9 Apr 2012 | By mudskipper | Views [899] | Video
Wednesday 2nd November, 2011 The weather did its worst overnight and even though the clouds lingered, the day remained dry. Today we headed over to Turangi to visit the Tongariro National Trout Centre. Situated beside the famous Tongariro River , ... Read more >
Mon, 9 Apr 2012 | By mudskipper | Views [820]
Tuesday 1st November, 2011 It was an overcast cold day with plenty of rain looming, but this didnt put us off from exploring the outdoors in this rugged region. Nope, today we were joining Malcolm from Tongariro Quad bikes to spend half of the day ... Read more >
Mon, 9 Apr 2012 | By mudskipper | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 9 Apr 2012 | By mudskipper | Views [2086]
Day 2 - Monday 31st October, 2011 15 minutes drive south from Otorohanga is Waitomo Village. We stocked up on food at the Countdown (Woolworths) store at Otorohanga before meeting our 10am tour at Waitomo. There are approx 400 cave in the Waitomo region, ... Read more >
Tags: glow worms, moa, spellbounds tours, tongariro, tongariro holiday park, tongariro national park, waitomo
Mon, 9 Apr 2012 | By mudskipper | Views [993]
We had a 90km drive to Maramarua Forest to meet Dale Perry and his team at Rally Drive NZ. Every 6 weeks, Rally Drive NZ conducts a weekend rally driving school for people to experience the thrills of rallying in a hands on environment. The first day ... Read more >
Tags: dale perry, hotseat rides, maramarua forest, mark tapper, nz, rally drive
Mon, 9 Apr 2012 | By mudskipper | Views [840]
Intro: This blog summarises our NZ holiday. We seem to only do an overseas trip once every 3 years, and what with our son now 15yo, I had wondered if this may be the last time he would want to travel overseas with us. Considering this, I wanted ... Read more >
Tags: apollo camper, apollo motorhomes, auckland, nz
Wed, 28 Mar 2012 | By john_hockley | Views [1110]
Rotorua is a major centre for Maori culture so whilst we were there we decided to visit the Te Puia Moari Arts and Crafts Institute. Here they teach traditional Maori arts such as wood carving and weaving, and have a replica Maori village. The centre ... Read more >
Thu, 22 Mar 2012 | By nomad_kiwis | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 22 Mar 2012 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1317]
Must be a good time to write some more about our lives. The new year got off to a good start with Kent buying me a most beautiful ring which I love. The rest of the year has to be fantastic after that good start don't you think? On Valentines Day ... Read more >
Mon, 19 Mar 2012 | By john_hockley | Views [876]
We got up at the unholy hour of 6.15am to catch the 7.30am shuttle to the start of the Tongariro Alpine Crossing. The crossing is a 19.4km hike across volcanic terrain along the slopes of Mt. Ngauruhoe (the volcano used as Mt. Doom in Lord of the Rings) ... Read more >
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 | By john_hockley | Views [865]
We arrived into Wellington at 9.30pm on Saturday and jumped onto the shuttle bus to take us to the centre. The driver was most perplexed that we had not booked anywhere to stay but we assured him that it had worked for us for the last 5 months and ... Read more >
Tue, 13 Mar 2012 | By john_hockley | Views [907]
After leaving Queenstown we headed to Te Anau, picking up yet more hitch-hikers on the way (stockpiling our good karma!) Te Anau is the start of the scenic drive to Milford Sound, and is considered one of the best drives in the world. After a brief stop ... Read more >
Sun, 11 Mar 2012 | By john_hockley | Views [895]
After leaving the glaciers we headed south enroute to Queenstown. There is only one road along the west coast of New Zealand and it passes through Haast and then crosses the Southern Alps via Haast Pass in Mount Aspiring National Park. Although it was ... Read more >
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