Category: New Zealand
Found 24 posts.
New Zealand Days 18-19
It takes a long time to get from Auckland to Leicester. Shame it was without sleep.
February 17, 2019
New Zealand Day 16
Another thermal park in the Rotorua geothermal area, this time with lakes
February 15, 2019
New Zealand Day 14
After visiting Hobbiton we'd moved on to the Tongariro crossing where we\'d be passing Mount Doom. Though it wouldn't go to plan
February 13, 2019
New Zealand Day 13
They've take the Hobbits to Isengard! Actually, no - we were in Hobbiton and then visited Huka Falls and Craters of the Moon.
February 12, 2019
New Zealand Day 11
Back on the north island we then started with the Coromandel Peninsula before heading inland.
February 10, 2019
New Zealand Day 10
A helicopter ride, landing on a glacier, a boat ride to icebergs, and then a long drive north to Christchurch to stay in a jailhouse.
February 9, 2019
New Zealand Day 9
Arriving back on dry land we hired a car and drove north to Twizel.
February 8, 2019
New Zealand Day 8
Back in the Fiordland National Park to see Doubtful Sound - not as good as Milford.
February 7, 2019
New Zealand Day 7
After arriving back in Te Anau from Milford Sound we\'d got an afternoon visiting the glow worm caves.
February 6, 2019
New Zealand Day 6
Last time we were here our tour was turned around by a tree blocking the Milford Road - would we get there this time?
February 5, 2019
New Zealand Day 5
Not lingering in Auckland long, we headed to Queenstown on the south island for the start of some tours
February 4, 2019
New Zealand Day 4
Starting the trip off with a 16 mile run, and 15 miles of walking to explore downtown Auckland.
February 3, 2019
New Zealand Days 2-3
Twenty four hours of flying, three hours layover, and getting to and from airports. It was a long weekend continuing the journey to Auckland.
February 1, 2019
New Zealand Day 1
Who'd have thought a journey to a hotel near London Heathrow could be eventful?
January 31, 2019
New Zealand
Preparing for a return to New Zealand - nine years after the original trip. This time there'd be more opportunities to explore
January 25, 2019
Oceania Day 20
This was the longest of days - I'd not been sleep since waking up for the Tongariro Crossing and now had a bus ride to Auckland to take a flight to Melbourne, and the very long flight home via Hong Kong. If only I could sleep on planes.
March 26, 2010
Oceania Day 19
The day had come for our Tongariro Crossing. The weather was bad, and who knew what the crossing itself was going to be like...
March 25, 2010
Oceania Day 18
After just a few days on the south island we were already moving on to the north island. Would our time there fare better? Only time would tell...
March 24, 2010
Oceania Day 17
It was going to be a long drive from Queenstown to Christchurch; but we'd got a few stops planned along the way. One of these was to see Mount Cook; but in the spirit of the week: things didn't go to plan.
March 23, 2010
Oceania Day 16
The morning after a big storm, we began the long coach ride to Milford Sound for what we hoped would be an amazing chance for photography. Sometimes things don't work out the way you think they will.
March 22, 2010
Oceania Day 15
Yet another early start, and we were on our way to New Zealand for the last week of our Oceanic adventure. Hopefully this would go as well as our time in Australia had.
March 21, 2010