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More from the North Island

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 | By beckandphil | Views [991]

Although the last entry was entitled Northland, Hobbiton and White Island it appears I only had time to tell you about Northland. From the comfort of Shon's sofa I have the time, tools and inclination to bring this journal up to date. We've camped every ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Kia Ora Aotearoa

Tue, 6 May 2008 | By terrid_b | Views [788]

So after a chilled couple of days with Foster in Melbourne, hanging out and catching up with friends, I managed to make it onto the plane on Thursday afternoon without crying. I lasted until the first 15 minutes of P.S. I Love You, so I turned it off ... Read more >

Tags: hamilton, new zealand, raglan, riff raff, rocky horror

10 Days in Quito

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 | By mudeeboot | Views [566] | Comments [7]

Quito I live in a room that violently shakes when cars pass by. From the window I see an immense winged Virgin Mary, a steak house, a beer factory and the hills of Quito stretching into the distance . With nearly 2 million people, the worlds ... Read more >

Christchurch / Banks Peninsula

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 | By mattandandy | Views [553]

First stop in New Zealand was Christchurch which we didn’t spend much time in. By all accounts the city is pretty boring and still recovering from the earthquake of last year. (A four pointer aftershock hit a few days after we left; Andy quite ... Read more >

Tags: christchurch

Beginings.

Fri, 1 Aug 2008 | By yesacewol | Views [507]

Well after almost 5 years in Rotorua I am finally off on my big adventure starting in a week with the final day of work. Doesn't quite seem real yet even though I'm in the middle of packing and have next to no furniture. I just have to get thru the friend ... Read more >

Nouvelle-Zélande nous voila !

Sun, 13 Sep 2015 | By travelerdiaryinusa | Views [457]

voici mon premier article sur la Nouvelle-Zélande afin de donner au mieux des nouvelles ! Cela fait longtemps que nous en révions, voici notre rêve devenu une réalité ! Nous sommes enfin en Terre du Milieu *o* ... Read more >

Tags: #nouvellezélande #arrivée #visites #conseil

YAWN.

Sat, 5 Dec 2009 | By suz_cat | Views [454]

mum, we're alive. Today we caught a bus (again) to Dunedin. there isn't much here, and we're only staying for one night. The YHA we're staying at is really pretty though, our room is right up the top in a little attic with a balcony and it's so cute ... Read more >

Aurora Australis

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [446]

In '18 I braved -16 cold on a short journey to Scandinavia to photograph the aurora borealis (northern lights). My friend Craig has an aurora forecast app on his phone and told me there would likely be an "event" going on this evening. As I walked up ... Read more >

Days 262-263

Tue, 16 Jul 2013 | By nicolala3 | Views [312] | Comments [1]

Friday July 12th Nobody came to terrorise us in the night, surprise surprise! Left by 8.30 to drive to fur seal look out and cape foulwind. It was freezing cold with frost on the ground. We walked perhaps 5 minutes down the track before a helicopter ... Read more >

Our Exchange Year

Thu, 28 Aug 2014 | By exchange | Views [308] | Video | Scholarship Entry

Hey there! I have always been on my way and off to new adventures. I waved "bye -bye" to mum and walked away with my packback on, like the independent four year old I was. I spent my last year in New Zealand as an exchange student and it has really inspired ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico

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