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Farewell To Oamaru And New Zealand Time to move on to the next chapter as we farewell our comfy base of Oamaru and New Zealand - for a little while anyway! It's time to pack the bags again and just in time as autumn starts to creep through New Zealand.... |
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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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Mt Cook The Pinnacle Of New Zealand A trip to view the highest peak in New Zealand Mt Cook with Lake Pukaki at its foot. Setting out from Oamaru, we drive north briefly on State Highway 1 before heading inland at Pukeuri... |
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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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Glaciers And Helicopters On The West Coast Of New Zealand An insightful helicopter flight over Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers and around Mt Cook. It was a bright and sunny day, so we went flying!! We chose a 40 minute helicopter flight with... |
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Fruit Country In Roxburgh Central Otago The fruit basket of New Zealand is roughly the region between Roxburgh and Cromwell in Central Otago, South Island. Today we travel through one of my personal favourites - the Central Otago district with its diverse... |
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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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Nugget Point Lighthouse For Sunset In The Catlins We had our sights set on being at Nugget Point Lighthouse for sunset in the beautiful Catlins district. Although we were aiming to be at Nugget Point in the Catlins for sunset we stopped off for an... |
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NZ Fur Seals And Lighthouses Of The Wairarapa A long drive from Castlepoint to Cape Palliser to view the NZ Fur Seals in the Wairarapa, North Island, New Zealand. Before leaving the town of Castlepoint, aptly named after the 162 metre high Castle Rock which sits... |
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Tractors And Gannets Of Cape Kidnappers Hawkes Bay A trip to see the Cape Kidnappers Gannets with Gannet Beach Adventures in the Hawkes Bay. The morning sun had heated our camper to hot sauna temperatures which was enough to wake us up and... |
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Climbing Mt Ruapehu A Volcano In The Tongariro National Park From active volcanos in Tongariro National Park to the wine region of Hawkes Bay on the North Island of New Zealand. After a slightly noisy night at Reid's Farm Campground, we head off for Tongoriro National Park in... |
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Volcanic Activity And Maori Culture Walking across the steaming volcanic landscapes of Wai-o-tapu Thermal Wonderland and Orakei Korako. The volcanic activity around Rotorua and Taupo is quite intense with steam rising in nearly all... |
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Knee Deep In Sheep At The Agrodome Rotorua Farms and thermal activity of Rotorua aka the Sulphur City in the Bay of Plenty. We finally head out of the town of Whakatane after being bound by the weather for several days. We... |
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New Zealand Kiwifruit Country In Te Puke A visit to Kiwi 360 near the town of Te Puke on the North Island of New Zealand. We woke to the "tink tink tink" of metal on metal, and what sounded like a hammer driving in tent... |
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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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Zoo Visit In Auckland The Auckland Zoo in Western Springs - a busy place to visit during the holidays! The weather forecast was for more rain for most of the week - boo hiss!! Regardless of the weather... |
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Best Thai Restaurant In Auckland We have found the best Thai Restaurant in Auckland - Thai Room in the suburb of Avondale. After a full day of catching up with work in Auckland we took a break and had dinner at The Thai... |
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Kitesurfing Orewa New Zealand A breezy day brings out Kitesurfing enthusiasts in their masses along the beach at Orewa, North Island, New Zealand. Today dawned more on the gloomy side. We had planned to go sailing for the day in the Bay of... |
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Maitai Beach And Paihia In Northland Roll out the lazy, hazy, sunny days of summer in hot Northland, New Zealand. Driving the long passage back out from the Cape we saw so many buses and cars driving to Cape... |
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Kauri Forests Of Northland A walk through ancient Kauri Forests then a drive to the top of New Zealand. Our first mission this morning was to capture the sheer size of an ancient 1,200 year old Kauri... |
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Beaches And Forests Of Northland From the outskirts of the ever expanding city of Auckland to the beaches of Northland. Another day of mostly driving to get to the famous Waipoua Forest or nearby. Northland is known for... |
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Auckland New Zealand Spending the day in the big smoke - Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand. We had several appointments which kept us pretty busy for most of the day, however we did manage to... |
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West Coast Surf Beaches And Gannet Colony Driving through the Surfing town of Raglan to the restless Gannet Colony of Muriwai Beach. Although today was mostly about driving to as close to Auckland as possible since we had... |
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Waterfalls And Formations Of The Waikato An outdoor lovers paradise, the Waikato offers caves, waterfalls, and surfing. We made a quick stop at the Sheep Shearing Capital of the World, Te Kuiti before merging with... |
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Mt Egmont To The Whitecliffs Of Taranaki A day of pristine waterfalls and native flora to the rugged coastline of the Taranaki. Happy New Year! We wish you all fresh opportunities and prosperity in the new year! We... |
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New Plymouth And The Taranaki Region Round Mt Egmont and New Plymouth in the Taranaki region on New Years eve. We decided on the "Round the Mountain" route/itinerary today, so leaving Cape Egmont Lighthouse we... |
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North To Taranaki New Zealand A long drive north to a region dominated by a sleeping giant - Mt Taranaki a dormant volcano. A long drive lay ahead of us today, plus we needed to take care of some house keeping, so we left... |
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Cook Strait And Wellington City A wonderful scenic cruise through the Marlborough Sounds across the Cook Strait to the windy city of Wellington. An early start from Rarangi this morning guaranteed our arrival into Picton in time to check in for... |
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Lupin Highlights Of Lake Tekapo We couldn't refuse a brief photo stop at the beautiful Lake Tekapo with its banks draped with a coloured medley of Russell Lupins. Setting out from Otematata, we head in the general direction of Mt Cook passing by Lake Benmore and... |
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New Zealand Camping Culture On the road again on phase two of our New Zealand tour and an insight into kiwi style camping. We begin the second leg of our travels with a slight deviation towards the Southern Lakes. This is... |
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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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Catlins To Banks Peninsula South Island Second to last day on the road on the south Island of New Zealand. A short entry today ... we drove a long, long way from the Catlins to close to Akaroa on the Banks... |
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Catlins Forest In The Deep South An interesting drive from Milford Sound to the Catlins on the South Island of New Zealand. We woke to the sight of fresh snow on the mountains which surrounded us and more rain where we... |
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Water Water Everywhere In Fiordland National Park Visiting the dramatic water world of Fiordland National Park. Soon we entered Fiordland National Park, where we were presented with fresh rivers and rugged sheer... |
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Lupins Eglinton River Valley Fiordland A carpet of colour during a drive into Fiordland National Park between Te Anau and Milford Sound on the South Island. We departed from our pristine and natural campsite on the southern shores of Lake Wakatipu and made... |
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