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Sunset in Perth Harbour

Mike Devitt April 6, 2015April 16, 2015 Leave a Comment 1955 Views

Michelle

Mike Devitt April 3, 2015September 6, 2015 2 Comments 5430 Views

Some words from Michelle: Renting your house out, temporarily moving abroad and travelling is actually not as dramatic as it first feels you know. The jacking in of jobs, the gathering of your possessions into one garage and...

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Mike

Mike Devitt April 3, 2015December 3, 2015 1 Comment 5001 Views

Some words from Mike: So, I guess it’s nothing new these days to live your life overseas and either backpack around the globe, retire (because you can), or become paid to travel. But what if you don’t fall into...

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New Zealand to Cyprus – There and Back Again – An Unexpected Journey

Mike Devitt April 2, 2015November 22, 2015 An unexpected journey, campervan rental new Zealand, New Zealand Leave a Comment 2703 Views

Air New Zealand livery An Unexpected Journey All tales have to end and so it came to pass that the hours and minutes had ticked down to zero and the 8 weeks were gone. We didn’t even cross the...

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New Zealand – Oxford, Ohau, Kaikoura and a Race to Auckland

Mike Devitt April 1, 2015September 6, 2015 kaikoura, New Zealand, Ohau point, seals, Travel blog Leave a Comment 1811 Views

We left Richard and Laura’s (having experienced an earthquake and not realised it) and headed for Kaikoura, north of Christchurch. As forecast, the rain had set in and a steady fall accompanied us for most of the two and...

About Information Travels Over Tribulations

The idea behind our tours and travels website

Mike Devitt April 1, 2015September 7, 2015 Leave a Comment 2320 Views

None of us quite know what is over the hill; so, this tours and travels website “Travels Over Tribulations” is designed to show you how two very average forty somethings packed up those troubles and headed east in search...

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New Zealand – Lake Tekapo, The Hobbit, and the Journey to Oxford

Mike Devitt March 31, 2015August 19, 2015 Leave a Comment 3996 Views

Waking up in Lake Tekapo We always knew that, at some stage, the journey back to Auckland would tap us on the shoulder and say “it’s time.” Added to this, there was the extra burden of a day’s flight...

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Mount Cook New Zealand, Lake Tekapo and the Mt John Observatory

Mike Devitt March 30, 2015September 17, 2019 Leave a Comment 2158 Views

The road to Mt Cook Sometimes when you reach the end of a day you wish that you could repeat it again, a sort of groundhog experience but with your own memory erased so that all the feelings are...

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New Zealand – The A J Hackett Bungee at Gibbston and a Ride to Twizel

Mike Devitt March 29, 2015April 13, 2015 Leave a Comment 2134 Views

A J Hackett Bungee, Gibbston, Nr Queenstown Somewhere deep down in our consciousness there lies a need to be frightened either by sitting watching a horror movie or worse than that the news. Combine this fraction of our...

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New Zealand – Milford Sound and the Arrowtown Pizza Experience

Mike Devitt March 28, 2015November 22, 2015 Leave a Comment 1852 Views

Milford Sound When we booked this unbelievable trip I could have very easily forward wound to this point. This was the event I was most looking forward to. When anyone mentions the words ‘Milford’ and ‘Sound’ consecutively there aren’t...