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5 Must-Do Things in Napier, New Zealand

Fri, 2 Sep 2011 | By libby-k8 | Views [9595]

Napier , fondly referred to as Napesville by many of its younger inhabitants, is an almost 60,000-person town, is on the East Coast of the North Island. While it's not a big city, it has plenty of wineries, cafés, fruit, and Art Déco ... Read more >

Tags: #blogyourbackyard, art deco, art déco, art deco weekend, hawkes bay, napier, new zealand, tourism, what to do in napier, wineries

Goodbye land of the free(way). Hello garden city!

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 | By paul_byrom | Views [5285] | Comments [2]

We've arrived in Christchurch! We landed a couple of hours ago and are staying in a little suburb called New Brighton. New Brighton's on the banks of the river Avon and even has a little bike shop called John's cycles. Weird! If we decide that we ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Milford Sound cruise

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [2093] | Comments [2]

Chris drove us in the little red sports car along the Milford Sound road from Te Anau to Milford Sound this morning, where we took a cheapo two for one cruise on the sound which was really good. We were being treated to yet more fantastic weather for ... Read more >

Tags: driving, mountains, sightseeing

Witnessing Sodom

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 | By jonnygo | Views [1185]

Even from the small gravelly car park our souls were in peril. Whispy hands of white sulphorous gas ebbed at our feet like a scene from, "The Fog." Ominous clouds of white rose around our bodies. The playwright James Bernard Shaw named ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Sunny Qld to ............. ?

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 | By bundynbeaches | Views [1000]

After all the planning was done it came down to a rushed trip to the airport and a cruisy trip (so long as you didn't give up smoking) to Auckland. A non event. First night in Auckland was much the same. Checked out the Skytower, didn't do the bungy ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Exhausted

Mon, 23 Sep 2013 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [896]

If the truth be known I was a little worried about the prospect, worried, challenged, excited and very happy to be trusted to that level. I'd only done it for a couple of hours a previous week and wow that wore me out! Up and down the stairs, down on ... Read more >

Nelson Coastal Barnstay

Thu, 21 May 2015 | By matthewjbrowman | Views [227] | Scholarship Entry

The French doors swung out to a wee stone patio. Stepping into warm early evening and passing a lemon tree, I plucked a large, thick-skinned specimen to take back to the kitchen. The smell of chopped garden herbs reminded me to rub them into the butterflied ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship

Why Are We Even Doing This?

Mon, 5 May 2014 | By | Views [177] | Scholarship Entry

Recently I took a trip to the Hot Water Beach with some friends. It's a popular tourist spot on the North Island of New Zealand; I'd read about it multiple times before arriving and had heard about it from quite a few people. Needless to say, I was excited ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip