NEW ZEALAND | Monday, 18 May 2009 | Views [431]
Our penultimate stop in the campervan was Rotorua. A popular tourist spot, the town is, quite literally, a hotbed of geo-thermal activity. Clouds of steam billow from drains in the road and over people's garden fences and there is a lingering small of ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Saturday, 16 May 2009 | Views [442]
We drove our campervan onto the ferry from Picton to Wellington bright and early. It took a few hours to cross the picturesque Malborough Sounds and then we were in the capital city of New Zealand. A city that's not much bigger than Brighton, it didn't ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Saturday, 16 May 2009 | Views [399]
Abel Tasman National Park, at the tip of the South Island, is like a tropical island. You can only reach the outer limits by car and the rest has to be navigated on foot or by water taxi. It comprises of a series of gorgeous sandy beaches with calm, ... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Saturday, 9 May 2009 | Views [403]
The weather took a turn for the worst as we headed north again, to the tourist hub of Queenstown. The rain was pretty relentless for the couple of days we were there. Last time I had been to Queenstown, we had wanted to do The Luge down this mountain-... Read more >
NEW ZEALAND | Saturday, 2 May 2009 | Views [449]
There was quite a significant drop in temperature from Brisbane to Christchurch in New Zealand, and the grey sky was very reminiscent of our own sunny country. After spending a night in quite a nice hostel, we stayed a couple of days with a kiwi girl ... Read more >
