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Quick Tour Of Auckland New Zealand Before heading out of Auckland, we take a short tour of the largest city in New Zealand. With limited time in Auckland, in fact only about 3 hours, we picked out a few main things that we... |
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Sailing In The Bay Of Islands New Zealand Day Sailing in the beautiful Bay of Islands from the town of Paihia in Northland, New Zealand. Today is set aside for a sailing trip around the Bay of Islands with skipper Vanessa McKay and the... |
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Swimming At Goat Island On The Matakana Coast Snorkelling the cool waters of the Matakana Coast at Goat Island, Northland, New Zealand. Since yesterday (March 4th) dawned so wet, we made a beeline from Whakatane to Warkworth, the... |
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Adventure On White Island In The Bay Of Plenty A walk about on White Island, a marine volcano situated 50kms off-shore from Whakatane in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Yesterday we drove from Napier to Gisborne then to Whakatane. Our journey took us through beautiful... |
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Hawkes Bay Winery Tour By Bike Peddle power and wine on a sunny day in the Hawke's Bay region of the North Island, New Zealand. As soon as the gannet tour was over at around 12 noon (this varys depending on the departure time... |
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Gannets At Cape Kidnappers Hawkes Bay Round two on the Gannet Beach Adventures tour to Cape Kidnappers in the Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. With two excursions lined up for today, it was to be an early start. We were staying in the town of... |
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Christchurch City And Lyttelton Harbour An overnight trip to Christchurch exploring the city, the Port Hills, and Lyttelton Harbour. An early start from Oamaru, allowed enough time to drive to Christchurch (3 hours) then check out... |
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Hectors Dolphins In The Akaroa Harbour Banks Peninsula We take a tour to find the smallest dolphin in the world - the Hector's Dolphin in Akaroa Harbour, New Zealand. After a peaceful sleep, we started the journey over the hilly landscape of Banks Peninsula. The... |
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More Waterfalls And Penguins In The Catlins New Zealand We couldn't resist taking an extra day to explore the rugged Catlins district of New Zealand. We made our way back to the Fossil Forest in Curio Bay and enjoyed foraging along the rock plateau... |
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Scenic And Diverse Catlins Landscape Revisiting the delightful Catlins area in the deep south of New Zealand. If you have been following this blog - you will know that we have mostly freedom camped throughout... |
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Booming Coromandel Peninsula A drive down the eastern side of the booming Coromandel Peninsula on the North Island of New Zealand. I mention the weather a lot I know, that's because it plays a huge role in our travels and... |
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New Zealand Christmas Season's greetings at Christmas from New Zealand. From a slightly cooler New Zealand than expected, we wish you all - our friends - a very Merry... |
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Sperm Whales Of The Kaikoura Canyon A close encounter with the largest toothed animal on the planet, Giant Sperm Whales. While we still have our sea legs, we continue along on the marine mammal theme and embark on... |
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A Day With Marine Mammals In Kaikoura An encounter with Dusky Dolphins along the Kaikoura Coast of the South Island, New Zealand. Today required an early start, with our first excursion beginning at 5:30am. By prior arrangement... |
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Whales And Sunsets In Kaikoura A stunning flight over a sperm whale then the day is topped off by a stunning coastal sunset. After a brief orientation of the Kaikoura townsite on this bright and sunny day, including a walk... |
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Self Drive From Christchurch To Kaikoura New Zealand Rolling countryside of North Canterbury and the rugged Kaikoura Coast. We set out from our quiet base of Oamaru and begun the second phase of our trip. We left early from... |
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Cathedral Cliffs Canterbury NZ The eroded siltstone pillars of the Cathedral Cliffs, aka The Cathedrals, in Canterbury, New Zealand. Cathedral Cliffs with Gore Bay behind near Cheviot, Canterbury, East Coast, South... |
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Pied Shag Picture The Pied Shag is a bird commonly seen along the coastline of New Zealand. Pied Shag, Phalacrocorax varius varius, near the Seal Colony on the Kaikoura... |
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Picture Of A Pacific Ocean Sunset A mystic sunset along the Pacific Ocean coastline near Kaikoura on the South Island of New Zealand. Sunset on the Kaikoura Peninsula near the Seal Colony, Kaikoura, Canterbury, East... |
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Lyttelton Harbour Canterbury NZ The small town of Lyttelton and it's harbour is the main port for Canterbury on the South Island of New Zealand. Town of Lyttelton with Diamond Harbour on the opposite side of the Lyttelton... |
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Carino Bay Of Islands NZ That's the life! Day sailing on Carino round the Bay of Islands in Northland, New Zealand. Carino, a 50 foot catamaran sailing boat, anchored at Motuarohia (Roberton) Island... |
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