Drift Bay For those of you wondering just when our travels ends I can confirm that we are almost done; but stick with me as the best is yet to come. Believe me, there are some quite sensational sights coming up...
New Zealand – Cyclone Pam, Queenstown and Arrowtown
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Queenstown As the day dawned the outskirts of Cyclone Pam (named after my mum) had made their way south. It was less than 10 degrees celsius and a funeral grey hung over the land. We were not used to...
New Zealand – Franz Josef Glacier, Lake Matheson, Lake Hawea, and the best burger in the world!
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Lake Hawea I’ve come to the conclusion that these islands thrive on a combination of farming and tourism. I’ve seen more sheep and cattle here than anywhere at home and the way that each area is set up to...
New Zealand – Pancake Rocks, Hokitika Gorge, Rainforest Campsite Franz Josef.
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Pancake Rocks The incomparable Pancake Rocks The benefit of sunshine cannot be underestimated. It is more than a vitamin D supplement. It can lift a mood and in moderation make pale people look a far healthier colour. This was...
New Zealand – Cable Bay, Abel Tasman and the Road to Punakaiki
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I thought it was going to be a day when I put my old blue jeans on. We had been warned, the South Island was going to be colder. In fact, so far, we had been very lucky with...
New Zealand – The Interislander Ferry, the Southland and Cable Bay
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Wellington What a difference a night makes. It was a chilly start and we had a few chores to complete before making our way to pick up our lunchtime ferry. Things that many people creating itineraries overlook are the...
New Zealand – Lake Taupo to Wellington
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Mount Ruapehu We had debated it for weeks and now it was decision time. There was the option to hike 20km along a gravel track to the famous Mt Ngauruhoe which was a stunt double for Mount Doom in...
New Zealand – Rotorua to Lake Taupo via the Waimangu Volcanic Valley
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Frying Pan Lake – Smokin’! Waimangu Volcanic Valley As the days pass by and we begin to see an end to this escapade, I realise just what an incredible experience it has been and how lucky we are to...
New Zealand – Mt Manganui, Manganui Beach, the Skyline Rotorua and Luge!
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I’m beginning to think that if there is superhuman: Usain Bolt, Sir Stephen Redgrave and Michael Phelps, then there is super, super human, which I have created especially for Michelle and I. We have taken on every challenge that...
New Zealand – Pahia to Tauranga via Auckland
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Time to leave the Bay of Islands and head south. Again the weather was a packet of allsorts, one minute a bucket of sunshine, the next a colander full of light rain, warm rain. There is only one...