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Tue, 2 Dec 2008 | By blake_harvey | Views [1766]
I finally have a bit of downtime. It's been a really hectic week and a half (that's it?) since I left the lazier pace of life in Brisbane. I've been on a whirlwind tour of New Zealand's North Island for most of that time. When I left the Auckland ... Read more >
Sun, 10 May 2015 | By melodyd83 | Views [1220] | Scholarship Entry
My treasure isn’t a specific location or time. A part of me wishes it was, it’s good drama right? While jumping into the ocean in Cinque Terre, or sitting by the Grand Canyon, I could have had this revelation moment. Instead my treasure was gradual and ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 | By evans_ace | Views [922]
Iguazu falls was the next stop, lying on the border of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. The falls are visible from the Arg and brazil. We decided on just seeing the Arg side as we had heard from most people that it is better and we were running out of ... Read more >
Tags: brazil, london, uk
Thu, 25 Oct 2007 | By bixxie | Views [745]
We are now in New Zealand and have started our camper van road trip. We picked the van up on Tues only to discover that they didn't have any manuals left at the depot so were stuck with an automatic. As neither of us had ever driven an automatic before ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Tue, 12 Jul 2016 | By wendyandkevin | Views [608]
We were up and packed by 7.15 but there was ice on all the windows and we needed hot water to remove it. When we went to leave the park the boom gate didn't work as it was frozen. I had to wait for a staff member to come and toss hot water on it so we ... Read more >
Fri, 12 Dec 2008 | By swhateley | Views [601]
The trip in the rain back to the beautiful Taupo on the shores of the massive crater lake that is the size of Singapore was short and sweet and we stopped yet again at the wonderful Huka falls (mentioned these on the trip up) on the Waikato River. Fortunately ... Read more >
Tue, 25 Oct 2011 | By deepsouthrugby | Views [552]
Five Best Sensory Experiences from the day of the Rugby World Cup Final Sound: The incredibly beautiful voice of Hayley Westenra rehearsing the “World in Union” as we walked past Eden Park 5 hours before kick-off. We were on our way to pick up Tom’s ... Read more >
Tags: rugby world cup final
Thu, 21 Oct 2010 | By bettedarling | Views [519]
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 >
Mon, 9 Feb 2015 | By e_c_whittome | Views [464]
Today I left Queenstown in the morning, dropping off Kay at the airport. A couple of hours later I pulled in to Invercargill. As it was a nice day I carried on to Bluff until SH1 ran out at Stirling Point.
I drove to the lookout ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, wildlife
Sat, 30 Jul 2011 | By pocoloco | Views [384] | Comments [1]
Late July: With about 7 weeks to go, and about 50 boxes to
fill, life at home is enjoyable and focuses on reducing our amount of clutter
before putting it into boxes, and finally into a storage.
Wellington is still interesting;... Read more >
Mon, 25 May 2015 | By | Views [206] | Scholarship Entry
It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. No exaggeration. After three days of having my Fiancee's plane-breath six inches from my face and with less that five hours sleep, with nothing but sheer determination and the knowledge that I had already ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Mon, 1 Apr 2013 | By | Views [191] | Scholarship Entry
9:45 in the evening, my bus pulls into Blenheim Station, I don't often take the easy road and this is no exception. I should have stopped in Christchurch, that was the original plan but I wanted to get a little further; my phone battery just ran out and ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013
Fri, 1 Aug 2008 | By yesacewol | Photo Gallery
Starting point.
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Wed, 17 Apr 2019 | By taylortreks | Photo Gallery
We visited the Skywire at Cable Bay Adventure Park (https://www.cablebayadventurepark.com). It was very different from zipline since we were strapped into a 4-person carriage with individual 5-point harness connections. We zipped down 800 meters in free ...
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