Motueka, New Zealand
May 6, 2006 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
next we ventured up rte 6 again to a lovely beach village called Marahau near Motueka.
Takaka, New Zealand
May 8, 2006 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Visited the Abel Tasman National Park. (3hr 20min walk !)
Nelson, New Zealand
May 9, 2006 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 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
May 11, 2006 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 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
May 12, 2006 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 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 !). TsunamiRead more
Picton, New Zealand
May 16, 2006 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 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 dayRead more
Wellington, New Zealand
May 17, 2006 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 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
May 18, 2006 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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 ofRead more
Taupo, New Zealand
May 21, 2006 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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
May 23, 2006 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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
May 26, 2006 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 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
May 28, 2006 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 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
May 30, 2006 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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 .. weRead more
Newmarket, New Zealand
June 4, 2006 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 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 didRead more
Melbourne Airport, Australia
June 19, 2006 in 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 cityRead more
Adelaide, Australia
June 22, 2006 in 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 visitRead more
Pimba, Australia
June 25, 2006 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
added this location to show the train journey across land ! and not the sea ...
Kalgoorlie, Australia
June 26, 2006 in 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. ThisRead more
Perth, Australia
June 27, 2006 in 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 rentRead more
Binningup, Australia
July 2, 2006 in 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 ofRead more
Margaret River, Australia
July 3, 2006 in 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
July 5, 2006 in 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 HarbourRead more
East Perth, Australia
July 7, 2006 in 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
July 8, 2006 in 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
July 9, 2006 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
in the dark ... dumpers the size of houses .. carrying 220 tons