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Queenstown: Extreme sports and extreme drinking!!

After a good nights sleep it was back on the bus for a little drive to the outskirts of Wanaka where we were to visit Puzzling World. It pretty much speaks for itself and is like a museum with loads of puzzles, brain teasers and funny mirrored rooms. After about an hour of fannying around and a...

permalink written by  The Hulk on April 17, 2007 from Queensbury, New Zealand
from the travel blog: The Hulk goes Down Under!

Picture overload and the lovely Wanaka

After 2 days in Franz Josef it was an early start, not particularly easy after having only got to bed at about 3am!! Not one to sleep on the bus today was going to be hard work....It was time to head further inland and across the Southern Alps. First stop of the day and the reason for the...

permalink written by  The Hulk on April 16, 2007 from Haast, New Zealand
from the travel blog: The Hulk goes Down Under!

Wild Boars and Helicopters

With some very sore heads in the group it was time to thank Les for his hospitality and head off into the mountains to our next destination Franz Josef. First port of call was Pukekura and the Bushman Centre. The centre itself is run by some bloke who used to catch wild deer on the surrounding...

permalink written by  The Hulk on April 12, 2007 from Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand
from the travel blog: The Hulk goes Down Under!

Lake Mahinapua and the legendary Poo Party!

Early rise this morning as we had a walk along the coast on the cards. It was a short drive down the coast to Cape Foulwind where we were to begin the stroll. The cape is a beautiful spot and is the furthest western part of New Zealand, it also has a large colony of Fur Seals and it is their...

permalink written by  The Hulk on April 11, 2007 from Hokitika, New Zealand
from the travel blog: The Hulk goes Down Under!

Jet Boating

After leaving sunny Nelson we headed inland across to the west coast and the town of Westport. On the way we passed through the Nelson Lakes National Park and stopped off for a bit of lunch at the beautiful Lake Rotoiti. The only thing to spoil the whole experience was the first meeting with the...

permalink written by  The Hulk on April 11, 2007 from Westport, New Zealand
from the travel blog: The Hulk goes Down Under!

Home of the Ring

We left Kaikoura at a fairly pleasant hour and headed further north up the coast to Nelson. The weather upon leaving was pretty much the same as the day before and I was begining to feel a little depressed as I had visions it was gonna be like this for the whole of my trip. I need'nt have been...

permalink written by  The Hulk on April 10, 2007 from Nelson, New Zealand
from the travel blog: The Hulk goes Down Under!

Wild Stallions

Rocked up the west coast for a couple of day passing through Fox the town where last time I climbed on the Glacier, this time just chilld out in the town with JP while the others did the climb... Arrived in Punakaiki for 2 nights, started feeling a bit rough, must have been coming down with...

permalink written by  tomrendell on April 6, 2007 from Punakaiki, New Zealand
from the travel blog: New Zealand

The long haul....

Sydney -> Auckland -> Santiago We're sitting around at Sydney airport getting ready for our 23 hour commute to Santiago. The excitement of going overseas has finally hit and Cath is buzzing!!! Talk to you all from Chile! Mr and Mrs Collins :)

permalink written by  Cath & Andy on April 4, 2007 from Auckland, New Zealand
from the travel blog: A journey to the alter and South America

Amazing Queenstown

This time around in Queenstown, I had far more energy than the last time, as i hadn't come right off the 3 day Routeburn track... So got to get out and see so much more of the place, Did 3 amazing activities, The Shotover Jet, a Jet boat ride at 85kph through canyons along the Shotover river...

permalink written by  tomrendell on April 2, 2007 from Queensbury, New Zealand
from the travel blog: New Zealand

Hard Graft !

Bay of Islands & Taupo First few days were getting better, had had a few freebies too a ride on a jet Boat, a Maori concert ,the morning sand boarding...this jobs a doddle... A flash of work and loads of freebies...fair enough the hours are long, Sunrise till well after sunset, but I'm...

permalink written by  tomrendell on March 22, 2007 from Taupo, New Zealand
from the travel blog: New Zealand

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