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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By lauren_watson | Views [4048] | Comments [1]
Dear Fellow Backpackers and Travelling Nomads: Follow these commandments for hostel living and you will be respected and loved by all whose paths you cross!
Thou Shalt Not:
(1) Steal (this includes food!)
(2) Turn on the main ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, hostels
Thu, 7 May 2009 | By obonini | Views [986]
Unfortunately my last day in Christchurch was fairly uneventful due to the rain. I had forgotten what rain was up in the north island but this isn't quite the case down south. I still managed to get myself out for a bit of breakfast in a cafe however ... Read more >
Sun, 20 Aug 2017 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [903] | Comments [2]
This past week has been extremely difficult for me. In addition to dealing with a bad cold, my mother has been in hospital with liver failure. The other day I barely left my flat at all: probably the first time I've spent an entire day in Queenstown ... Read more >
Sat, 10 Nov 2007 | By willd | Views [805]
The road goes ever on and on, Down from the door where it began, Now far ahead the road has gone, and I must pursue it with weary feet, untill some larger way, where many paths and errands meet, whither then I cannot say. The road is life and I'm ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
Sat, 16 Oct 2010 | By bettedarling | Views [635] | Comments [2]
I'm plugged in for an hour during our grocery and supplies run into Queenstown, and I just wanted to let friends and family know that yes, I am alive. When I was picked up at the airport, I was informed that we'd be heading out to Camp Hill, passed Glenorchy ... Read more >
Tue, 3 Jun 2014 | By nzfreespirit-worldclasstravels | Views [468]
The last weather report handed out severe warnings. It warned of high wild winds reaching over 140 kilometres, heavy torrential rain with major flooding and snow down to 400 below sea level. The forecasters expected the storm to cause havoc in certain ... Read more >
Tags: faith, flying domestic, mother nature, new zealand seasons and weather, sunsets
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 | By theladykelly | Views [405]
Packing is hard. Trying to get everything packed and done by tomorrow afternoon so I can make a trip to Auckland to see some friends and then enjoy the last full day in Raglan for Dads "50th" (the real one I will miss as I will be somewhere ... Read more >
Fri, 8 Jul 2011 | By hilarywilson_nz | Views [392]
Eek I can't believe I’ve been away for a month already! Currently I'm sitting at camp, orientation well done, week 2 with the kids nearly over!! But I's so behind on this i better start from the start!! So: San Francisco rocked!! I think I wrote a few ... Read more >
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By | Views [177] | Scholarship Entry
Two friends and I were traveling via car in the North Island of New Zealand. We wanted to pass through the island to go from the west coast to the east coast. It was my friend Marisa’s turn to drive. We all looked at the map and she decided on what ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Wed, 22 Oct 2014 | By jesskamessika | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Imagine, 13 years old, starting high school in a whole new country. I hated it, no friends, no life and bad grades in school. By the time I turned 14 I hated my life, I was insucure, I was depressed and I felt like I had no one. Untill my 15th birthday, ...
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Tags: 2014 travel photography scholarship
Tue, 18 Nov 2014 | By aelva | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
?I’m drawn to and seek photography & art which are infused with romanticism, light, intimacy and a certain lyrical quality. Always intrigued by the everyday wonders of the visual world. To capture the small flashes of insight that come when we are open ...
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Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship
Fri, 21 Dec 2012 | By matgoodman18 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I am sitting in a small Department of Conservation Bivouac in the middle of the Fiordland National Park, New Zealand. I have been here for almost two weeks trying to capture the 'world's most intelligent bird' in the act of doing something that has only ...
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Tags: travel photography scholarship 2012
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 | By bramgies | Photo Gallery
Van Greymouth naar Wellington
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Sun, 16 Nov 2008 | By gborchers3 | Photo Gallery
Boreing
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