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Mon, 19 May 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [1861]
I drove back across the hills and winding roads through Takaka and on to the Able Tasman National Park this morning. The weather wasn't as nice as yesterday and I was driving through clouds at the top of the hill! On route I tried to find Hawkes Hole, ... Read more >
Tags: the great outdoors, walking
Fri, 17 Aug 2007 | By ciaranandruth | Views [995] | Comments [1]
In the city of a thousand smells, Rotorua's most offensive olfactory insults are reserved for the only Maori owned park - the aptly named Hell's Gate . The name of this place - given by our very own GB Shaw - captures its essence. Shaw, upon seeing ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Mon, 13 Nov 2006 | By melissa | Views [987] | Comments [4]
i thought i was safe in new zealand. there are no bears, no wild cats, no snakes, no huge insects, or anything that would really do you any harm. so saturday night i settled into my sleeping bag in the tent with complete ease, ready for a restful ... Read more >
Tags: adventures
Sat, 20 Feb 2010 | By royandania | Views [687]
We have been on the south
island for many weeks now and it has been so intense so I have not
prioritised to write for the blog. Since we had to be in Christchurch
about a week before our departure from NZ in order to sell the van,
we only ... Read more >
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [639]
Last year we bought a small motor home. Since no Overseas travel will be happening in quite a while we decided we wanted to be able to explore NZ . Lots of kiwis have had the same idea and motorhome and caravan sales have gone thru the roof. Honestly ... Read more >
Tue, 25 Oct 2011 | By canhona | Views [602]
#11: Precisely the last flight of the trip has a one-hour delay, just when I needed to get to Christchurch as soon as possible... I have no chance of arriving there while currency exchange is open, I’m not sure they will wait for me until so late ... Read more >
Tags: journey
Fri, 16 Nov 2012 | By bob-claire | Views [510]
This morning we headed off right after breakfast for a 260K ride south to see Tim and Trisha Pearce, a couple of NZ veterinarians I met 32 years ago when they travelled with me on my AI route in Ontario one weekend when I was in veterinary school.... Read more >
Tue, 12 Jan 2016 | By tomnzalice | Views [462]
We new we had a hard day and felt pretty rough when we woke up on the department of conservation campsite, had our PB (peanutbutter) rolls for breakfast and headed out at about 9.
Everything we heard about the Forgotten World Highway was ... Read more >
Tue, 20 May 2014 | By j_m_j | Views [448] | Comments [2]
Hello All,
I have returned from the Bay of Islands back to Auckland. I had a wonderful time in the Paihia and have bid farewell to Joanne (Irish) and Claire (Brit) today. Lucky for me Magda (Polish) is still in the city. If you remember back to several ... Read more >
Fri, 11 Feb 2011 | By sharona79 | Views [279]
Wellington, some internet cafe. A pretty good one actually, but that's by the by. I just bought my super cheap travel insurance through WorldNomads and decided to try this travel journal too, as I usually blog and have been unsure about the one I've ... Read more >
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By | Views [201] | Scholarship Entry
Fourteen kilometres of unlevelled road, potholes the size of footballs and muddy puddles do not make for good rental car driving. Yet with a reluctant willingness to face the potential of being charged for a new paint job on the car, I drove towards Mitimiti, ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Wed, 12 Nov 2014 | By rainerevans | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
My name is Rainer and i am 18 years of age. Photography is my biggest passion in life. I have a wanderlust and hope to one day travel and photograph this beautiful world! I am a self taught photographer and developed this passion at the age of 15. I live ...
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Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship
Sun, 13 Jan 2013 | By hari | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
"Be unreasonable". It is in these words I find strength to push my own boundaries only days before the deadline, and try to win what I would otherwise think was unwinable.
I learned what made my photographs fit in, as opposed to standing out was ...
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Thu, 4 Jul 2013 | By imogenyoung | 
Flickr Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
At school photography was just that subject I chose over physics, which then grew into a hobby. When I went away to university my Dad died, and I pushed away from university study and leant on photography.
Something tragically beautiful came out of ...
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Tue, 17 Jan 2012 | By hootons | Flickr Photo Gallery
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