New Zealand

Facts, Figures & Shrek

Christchurch, our first NZ city. Bodies eased themselves down from the bus after the long trip from Queenstown. The landscape on the way to Ch-ch reminded many of the Cariboo, sans sheep. Sheep, sheep sheep! The hills and paddocks were alive with them, as one well expected would be the...

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Shane & Norma on April 29, 2009 from Christchurch, New Zealand

from the travel blog: "Not Just Another Rugby Tour" - New Zealand, Samoa and Australia

Snowballs, Pints & Pies

Lindis Pass is a long way to come for a snowball fight, even by Kiwi standards! Leave it to forty-two crazy Canucks to ask the bus driver to pull over so they could test out NZ snow. Nobody was homesick., it was just too tempting not to have some good old Canadian fun! Snowballs flew...

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Shane & Norma on April 29, 2009 from Christchurch, New Zealand

from the travel blog: "Not Just Another Rugby Tour" - New Zealand, Samoa and Australia

Our first full day in Christchurch

Day - 9 Thursday 30th April 2009 Another early start to get the 7:15 am shuttle bus to Christchurch Railway Station for the 8:15 Tranz-Alpine Express to Greymouth. This excerpt from the advertising sums it up: Well before 8 am we were sitting in the comfy pre-booked seats with a great...

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Saros on April 29, 2009 from Christchurch, New Zealand

from the travel blog: The Hairy Animal 2009 World Road Trip

South Island... done!

Hello! We're back in Christchurch, where our tour of the south island started! After leaving Lake Tekapo (reluctantly), we headed to Wanaka. Wanaka was a nice place to chill out, but we only used the place as a brief stop to break up the journey to the Fiordlands. We left Wanaka to head to...

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Kav & Sara on April 24, 2009 from Christchurch, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Round the world trip!!

Getting Settled

The reason I wanted to settle down somewhere for a year and have something resembling a "normal life" is because I feel like I've become jaded. I realised this while I was travelling with Andi and then Nat and Shane, the photos they took and the things they found amazing were things that, while...

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Koala Bear on April 20, 2009 from Auckland, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

New Obsession, Please

Thems of you that know me personally will know that I've had a minor yet bordering on unhealthy obsession with the Sky Tower since I got to Auckland. Those of you who don't know me may have guessed on account of the millions of photos I've taken of it from every available angle. Not that it...

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Koala Bear on April 14, 2009 from Auckland, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

Fear Factor - NZ Style

Touchdown in Auckland 11,450+ km and 13 1/2+ hours after departing Vancouver...a little bleary-eyed but none the worse for wear. It was just the beginning of a long day and for some, a potentially long tour! We gathered at Victoria Airport at 3:00 pm Sunday (April 5) for the puddle jump to...

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Shane & Norma on April 13, 2009 from Queenstown, New Zealand

from the travel blog: "Not Just Another Rugby Tour" - New Zealand, Samoa and Australia

Hey!!! Its been a while since our last blog entry and we've been pretty busy! We spent the last few days of Australia on the coast near Brisbane which was really quiet and chilled out. We looked at all our pictures from Australia and realised how fun its been here! On our final night before...

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Kav & Sara on April 6, 2009 from Christchurch, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Round the world trip!!

New Zealand concludes...

Having finished our canoeing exploits in the Abel Tasman National Park, we embarked on a killer drive down the West coast to lake Wanaka. We managed just over 500km before it started to get too much, & too dark, so we stayed in a campsite just outside of Franz Josef. I am very glad that we did,...

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johnnoble on March 26, 2009 from Christchurch, New Zealand

from the travel blog: John's year off...

Nursing in New Zealand

It is Wed. pm and Colin is off to his weekly hockey game, so I will put down a few thoughts about my job. It is a strange time to start a job in a field I know relatively nothing about. I am hopeful that my brain has been exercised by doing my degree and I can absorb all the new things I am...

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RTW2009 on March 25, 2009 from Christchurch, New Zealand

from the travel blog: RTW/2009

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