Motueka, New Zealand
6. toukokuuta 2006, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
next we ventured up rte 6 again to a lovely beach village called Marahau near Motueka.
Takaka, New Zealand
8. toukokuuta 2006, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Visited the Abel Tasman National Park. (3hr 20min walk !)
Nelson, New Zealand
9. toukokuuta 2006, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
What a lovely place Nelson is ... nice small city with a great feel about it. Had a great day ... Thai food and watched Mission Impossible 3 ! worth the watch ... best value camp site to date.
Hanmer, New Zealand
11. toukokuuta 2006, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
Hanmer Springs ... hot spring baths in a natural setting ... small village feel but springs were not so natural ! more like the standard swimming pools. Has its own ski area as well !
Kaikoura, New Zealand
12. toukokuuta 2006, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
The lovely Kaikoura .. very camper friendly environment, great for whale and dolphin watching ... has a local winery with a huge underground cellar (for sale ..$3m if your interested !). TsunamiLue lisää
Picton, New Zealand
16. toukokuuta 2006, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Picton is the ferry port between the two islands ... and is sometimes a bit of a rough ride. You travel with the other tourists and sheep ! stacked up in lorries (poor things).The ferry ! the dayLue lisää
Wellington, New Zealand
17. toukokuuta 2006, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
The ferry was not so bad ... and Wellington is such a great place. Oriental bay ... close to where we camped
Napier, New Zealand
18. toukokuuta 2006, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Napier ... Hawke's Bay a very good wine growing area of NZ.
Watched the Da-Vinci code movie , visited a thermal spa , watched the rugby semi finals and visited a winery ... not all in one day ofLue lisää
Taupo, New Zealand
21. toukokuuta 2006, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Lake Taupo .... created by a massive volcanic blast, and best trout fishing in NZ.
hmm .. great parking job , funny what people will do for a burger !
Tauranga, New Zealand
23. toukokuuta 2006, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Over to the coast again .... the MT Mauganui area was cool and had a good thermal pool. Great view from the van every morning.
Mount Eden, New Zealand
26. toukokuuta 2006, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
Back to Auckland to sell our van .. not going to be easy as there are so many around. Crater at Mt Eden, Auckland sky tower in the distance.
Red Beach, New Zealand
28. toukokuuta 2006, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Out of Auckland to save some money ... Red Beach was a nice place to camp.This is the van we have been travelling in ... after a good clean up !
Tutukaka, New Zealand
30. toukokuuta 2006, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
This is the port most people use to visit 'Poor Knights Islands' claimed by Jacques Costeau as one of the top ten dive sites in the world ! View from inside the largest sea cave in the world .. weLue lisää
Newmarket, New Zealand
4. kesäkuuta 2006, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We started to sell the van on the saturday (3rd june) and it was sold on sunday ... a bit sad but better than being stuck with it ! We managed to drive 6,300 km around both islands ... the van didLue lisää
Melbourne Airport, Australia
19. kesäkuuta 2006, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Fist night in Melbourne ... another great city to visit and there seems to be a lot of money in the South Yarra area ... we are staying near the botanical gardens about a 30min walk from the cityLue lisää
Adelaide, Australia
22. kesäkuuta 2006, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
So ... because Aussie is sooooo big we have decided to see a lot of it using the train !! its a good deal , only $590 dollars for a six month pass which can be used as much as needed. We plan to visitLue lisää
Pimba, Australia
25. kesäkuuta 2006, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
added this location to show the train journey across land ! and not the sea ...
Kalgoorlie, Australia
26. kesäkuuta 2006, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
on our long trip to Perth you stop at this strange little place called 'Cook' hmmm, there is nothing but sand for miles until this and its the longest straight line of rail track in the world. ThisLue lisää
Perth, Australia
27. kesäkuuta 2006, Australia ⋅ 🌬 19 °C
After two nights .. yes two on the Indian Pacific Railroad we have arrived in Perth. Its a few degrees hotter than Melbourne and Adelaide but first day it rained. We plan to stay a few days then rentLue lisää
Binningup, Australia
2. heinäkuuta 2006, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
We rented a camper van for a week to visit the wine region of Margaret River .... great wine ! Binningup campsite was close to the beach and our first taste of the kangaroo ... Scared the crap out ofLue lisää
Margaret River, Australia
3. heinäkuuta 2006, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
We stayed at this great sheep farm just outside Margaret River. went on the Bushtuka Wine tour .. great fun and great wine. We stayed at the Big Valley campsite .. just like back home !
Windy Harbour, Australia
5. heinäkuuta 2006, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
This place is way out there .. took us ages driving through massive forest's .. including the Gloucester Tree .. which you can climb up , once used to spot forest fires. Stayed at the Windy HarbourLue lisää
East Perth, Australia
7. heinäkuuta 2006, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Back up to Perth and a couple of days with Andy and Anita.. thanks again.
Stayed in Binningup again on the way back to Perth.
Coolgardie, Australia
8. heinäkuuta 2006, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
On the way back to Adelaide .. stopped at the gold mining town of Kalgoorlie .. non stop mining 24hrs a day and the largest open pit in the world !
Woomera, Australia
9. heinäkuuta 2006, Australia ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
in the dark ... dumpers the size of houses .. carrying 220 tons