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Tue, 9 May 2023 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [18835]
For my birthday we went to Rarotonga. It happened because Jetstar sent me an email saying I had a credit that had to be used within a couple of months! I panicked a bit and thought of a place and booked our tickets. I have always wanted to go there as ... Read more >
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 | By erin_and_pete | Views [1248] | Comments [3]
Week 1 For a week now Pete and I have been working at Sequoia Lodge Backpackers in the little port town of Picton. It's located on the northern tip of the south island. Anyone traveling to the south island comes through here since the ferry from Wellington ... Read more >
Mon, 3 Aug 2015 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [956]
I'm not really a cat person but every chance she can get our cat Molly comes and sits on me, on the couch, on the bed... I give her her biscuits now and then and she gets a stroke down her back but other than that not much TLC from me as she is Kent's ... Read more >
Fri, 29 Nov 2013 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [862]
I have done three artworks in my life and nothing in between, here they are:
I'm happy with them, but should they be the start of something more?
Mon, 5 Nov 2007 | By the-white-rabbit | Views [854] | Comments [1]
hey! great days in the camper! stay for 2 nights at pikiri, beautiful whide beach in the north. nadja was attacked by a gang of seagulls. but she's still alive! now we rent a pink softboard for her while her's will be repaired........ she will be the ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Thu, 8 Mar 2012 | By john_hockley | Views [761]
After our return to Motueka, we sorted out a hire car so we could explore the rest of the south island. Unlike our Hyundai Getz in Australia, this was more of a "rent-a-dent" and we ended up with a 14 year-old Toyota Camry (nope, we'd never ... Read more >
Thu, 8 Mar 2018 | By misslynee | Views [719]
New Zealand: South Island
We took the ferry from Wellington to Picton. I had a night out saying goodbye to lots of fabulous people the day before, so when I found the quiet room on the ferry I was thrilled. The ferry was delayed and our ... Read more >
Fri, 20 May 2011 | By sjamieson005 | Views [481]
After easing into the trip it has been an exciting 48 hours. Firstly I have managed to stay up beyond the normal baby sleeping time and I managed to go to bed around 9.30 over the last two nights. Not since I was allowed to sty up and watch the A-... Read more >
Sun, 18 Dec 2016 | By joyaroundtheworld | Views [250]
I showered and started to pack up all of my things. I've accumulated so much since the beginning of this trip that I've long ago ran out of room in my pack. I left the hostel and walked down to the waterfront and spent some time there. I meandered around, ... Read more >
Thu, 28 May 2015 | By | Views [150] | Scholarship Entry
You can’t open a single guidebook about New Zealand and not immediately learn it's got way more sheep than people. The wooly herbivores munch their way from North to South and East to West. They cling to hillsides and meander through open plains. They ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 | By wings_on_my_heels | Photo Gallery
South Island
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Fri, 3 Sep 2010 | By malachirempen | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I still shoot film, so I've learned to save my photos for when I catch something truly remarkable. In New Zealand, around every turn is something unlikely. You'll see purple mist rise over one hillside, and on the next you'll find ferns frosted with ...
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Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By juli | Photo Gallery
12-14 April 2007
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Wed, 26 Dec 2012 | By gypsyminx | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I have been dreaming on my wishes to become a National Geographic Photographer. I would spend my time with my grandfather who had the magazines dating all the way back to the 70s. We, together would look through them and he bought me a camera.. My dreams ...
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2012
Wed, 18 Nov 2015 | By jennie | Photo Gallery
traveled north and south Island but stayed mainly in Pakiri 1.5 hours north of Auckland
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