After the excitement of Rotorua, we drove up the Coromandel Peninsula. This area is very popular with New Zealanders, and is their number one place to go on holiday themselves. It is also popular with city folk from Auckland, many of whom
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Our day in Wellington, capital of NZ, dawned bright and clear after the storms of the previous day. We spent the majority of the day visiting the Museum of NZ, Te Papa (translation…. container of treasures). Many people had strongly recommended we
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Queenstown, the adventure capital of New Zealand…if you want to throw yourself from a bridge, jet boat down a river, sky dive, or even go in a 2 person submarine that jumps out of the lake, this is the place for you.
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This might be quite a long blog, but hopefully you will find it interesting…our first 7 days in New Zealand. Christchurch, it feels so English, the look and feel of the place, the road names, even the River Avon that wends its
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Want to have the best ever workout? Try doing this… 1,332 steps or 501 calories. My group of 13 did the twilight climb up the Sydney Harbour Bridge., 3.5 hours. Wow!!! I felt nervous and excited all at the same time. Suited
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A little history and geography to start with… Sydney was the site of the earliest European settlers. The Dutch had been around this area as far back as the early 1600s, though it was Capt. James Cook who put Sydney and Australia
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What a wonderful island, so full of diversity, from cities to amazing countryside, flowering gums to Huon Pine, wallabies to Tasmanian Devils, and incredible seascapes. In our last few days, more of the island, from the beautiful Freycinet N.P. and Wineglass Bay,
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Big day, we are flying into Bathurst Harbour, in the far south west of Tasmania, with Par Avion in a 6 seater, single engine Cessna. A slightly better option than the 7 day hike it would take to walk in. There is
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For more than 20 years we have wanted to visit Chris’s family “down under” in Tasmania, and finally here we are. After 10 days we can only say, we wish we had come sooner…this is a beautiful place. We spent the first
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Day 1…. nothing planned, but we want to see something of Melbourne to take away as a memory… what to do? A bike tour. So we found Freddys Bike Tours, just over the Yarra River and booked ourselves into his 4.5 hour
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