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5 Must-Do Things in Napier, New Zealand

Fri, 2 Sep 2011 | By libby-k8 | Views [9559]

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

Best and worst of New Zealand

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 | By annamargaretta | Views [2115] | Comments [2]

BEST: Niche-scale produce: M icro-brewed beer, local wine, textiles and honey We have the landscape, the craft and the love for making quality. Drawing upon our grass roots' culture, we as New Zealanders, love to make stuff - and we have ... Read more >

Tags: #blogyourbackyard

End of Days

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 | By neill | Views [1105]

How do Folks, I've been just a bit on the busy side of late and been just a bit crap on the mail bit.... So I'm out of NZ now, did 3 days of kayaking in Milford and Doubtful Sound. One day in Milford and the weather was amazing....Fantastic ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

Thermal activity!

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 | By john_hockley | Views [936]

We got up at the unholy hour of 6.15am to catch the 7.30am shuttle to the start of the Tongariro Alpine Crossing. The crossing is a 19.4km hike across volcanic terrain along the slopes of Mt. Ngauruhoe (the volcano used as Mt. Doom in Lord of the Rings) ... Read more >

Milan & Lake Como, Italy

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [590]

The next day was spent exploring Milan. We bought tickets allowing travel wherever whenever we wanted while we were there and pretty much looked at what important or interesting things there were and just headed for them on public transport. We saw the ... Read more >

And we're off!

Thu, 28 Aug 2014 | By gav_and_do | Views [409]

28 August - I write this from the Singapore Airlines Lounge in Singapore post a 10 hour+ flight. It's around 11:30pm NZ time, 7:30pm Singapore time - and we feel surprisingly awake. There's a 4 hour wait here until our flight to Paris so hope we can ... Read more >

Tags: singapore, singapore airlines lounge

London

Thu, 5 May 2011 | By wilde1 | Views [383]

I've met up with Barbara (after initially having a hassle because I had her cell phone number incorrectly entered!) and on Tuesday night we went to see Jersey Boys in the West end. I loved it. Barb was a bit jet lagged so kept dropping off to sleep every ... Read more >

The Plan at this Stage: Small Budget, Big Dreams!

Fri, 5 Dec 2014 | By cathbolath | Views [347]

I've been planning this trip in typical Cathie style. It's an ever evolving hodge podge of ideas, plans and ridiculous notions that don't really stand up to the reality of my small budget. So heres what I'm thinking: March 3-18 in Thailand: a couple ... Read more >

An Alpine Pacific Journey

Wed, 17 Sep 2014 | By kiwitrip | Views [272] | Video | Scholarship Entry

Winning this scholarship would mean the world to both Ashleigh and I. We are incredibly keen amateurs, and want to be able to film everything that we can! We are incredibly passionate and adore film making. We frequently are out exploring around New Zealand ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Film Scholarship to Mexico

Always Talk to Strangers

Fri, 15 May 2015 | By | Views [224] | Scholarship Entry

Hours on winding Kiwi country roads, jerkily manoeuvring the little red Go Kart I'd hired, were taking their toll: I had come down from my Hobbit-y high from the Lord of the Rings set at Matamata the day before and needed a new adventure as a little travel ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship