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Road Tripping the South Island

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 | By lauren_watson | Views [4876]

The time had finally come to use the "holiday" part of my working holiday visa. I was coming up on 8 months of working in Queenstown, and it was time to take a break. My boyfriend Steve and I toyed with a few ideas. Shall we go to Fiji? ... Read more >

Kiwi Summer

Wed, 30 Mar 2016 | By iain_and_tamara | Views [1215] | Comments [1]

With the onset of the Northern winter we decided to visit the world's best country for tourists ( Telegraph Magazine for the past four years ). At first it seemed a ridiculous prospect - to take a holiday from our journey on the other side of the world ... Read more >

Tags: beach, family, friends, hospitality, kiwi summer, on the road

Final Countdown

Mon, 1 Feb 2010 | By evans_ace | Views [994] | Comments [1]

So here it is my final night in NZ, said goodbye to the cats, the canal (pulled a muscle on my final dive in), the house, the pub and now my car. The car of course was cleaned within an inch of its life as per Dad's instruction, so Paul who took it off ... Read more >

Tags: chris and leigh, flight, leaving, nz, roast

Part 2: I drive on the left!

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 | By mamasim | Views [667] | Comments [1]

Allea, enda unde!? (Ja, ich lerne indisch bzw. Malealam indischer Dialekt ausm Süden glaub ich ;) ) So, der heißersehnte zweite Teil!!!Hier erstmal den Anfang,den ich schon vor einigen Tagen (oder Wochen?) in einer ... Read more >

New Zealand - Milford Sounds - 14 to 16th July

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 | By OandSoph | Views [597]

We arrived in Te Anau and headed to the remote fiordland in the far south-west of the south island. This region is one of the wettest places in the world and home to some unique marine life also. Despite it's name, 'sound' is a misnomer given that ... Read more >

Tags: fiordland

Traveling (wo)man.

Thu, 21 Oct 2010 | By bettedarling | Views [514]

Hi All. Well, I'm leaving Camp Hill, and I had a wonderful time. The universe did remind me about balance, however, as after I wrote my glowing account of my time in the mountains, we returned to a power outage thanks to a storm. So, in the rain, we unpacked ... Read more >

Aussie annoyances

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 | By gillthompson | Views [465] | Comments [2]

Steve, the middle-aged Australian backpacker is the most irritating person I have encountered on my travels so far. We happened to meet at the bus stop in Auckland, both on the way to Whangarei - a small town in the north. After exchanging ... Read more >

Leaving New Zealand

Sun, 1 Aug 2010 | By wonderbunny | Views [443]

So I've come to the end of the New Zealand adventure. Good god. It started out so tame, with bus trips and scenery. Then it seems the lower down the southern island I got the more drinking, dancing and crazy behaviour ensued. I'd like to blame it on ... Read more >

Christchurch, Kaikoura, Nelson

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 | By stefylein | Views [317]

I was kind of glad to be leaving party town Queenstown and head to a bit more quiet territory... We took a I believe 8 hour bus drive from Queenstown to Christchurch stopping at stunning Lake Punakaki where you get some beautiful views of Mount Cook.... Read more >

An Alpine Pacific Journey

Wed, 17 Sep 2014 | By kiwitrip | Views [291] | Video | Scholarship Entry

Winning this scholarship would mean the world to both Ashleigh and I. We are incredibly keen amateurs, and want to be able to film everything that we can! We are incredibly passionate and adore film making. We frequently are out exploring around New Zealand ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico

A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective - The Magical Land of Hippie Love

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 | By | Views [190] | Scholarship Entry

I found that the few hard knocks in as many years turned me into a firm believer in the saying every man for himself. It was during this time that I found myself living abroad in New Zealand and gallivanting around the country without a bog of how to ... Read more >

Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013

A hidden glow worm tunnel

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By | Views [145] | Scholarship Entry

Walking down a pitch black forest track with two people I’d only just met, guided by a solitary torchlight, I was having second thoughts about whether this it was such a good idea. An hour after bonding with a South African and a Kiwi over a bowl of ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship