Adelaide Airport
29. lokakuuta 2014, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Auckland airport
29. lokakuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Safe and sound in Auckland! It's late - straight to the hotel for a few hours sleep before we start!
Auckland Airport Hotel
30. lokakuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Starting out from the Auckland Airport Hotel (not flash!) we grabbed a hire car and drove south, stopping at Hamilton for lunch and a look round.
Destination : Tauranga
Seascape Villa B&B, Tauranga
30. lokakuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Staying overnight with a delightful couple in their beautiful B&B home, we were very impressed with Tauranga. The weather has been kind to us also, blus skies and no rain.
Tauranga
31. lokakuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
A few hours looking around Taraunga were really well spent. It's a very beautiful part of the world.
Hobbiton, Matamata
31. lokakuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
We spent half a day at the BRILLIANT Hobbiton, where the Hobbitty parts of the Lord of The Rings was filmed! LOTR and Hobbit fans will not be disappointed!
Rotorua
31. lokakuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
We drove on to Rotorua. Rotorua announces itself as you drive over the hills above it with a rather interesting sulferous odour. Absolutely fascinating place. We took a tour of a local village, whoLue lisää
Skyline Rotorua
31. lokakuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
For tea in Rotorua we ventured by Cable Car up to Skyline Rotorua.
Absolutely AMAZING views, and the food was great too!
The adventurous can toboggan or mountain bike down the mountain! We took theLue lisää
Lake Taupo
1. marraskuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
We set out this morning to meet up with an old pal in Napier, stopping at Lake Taupo for a look around.
Napier
1. marraskuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
What a great town! Napier is really pretty, with a strong focus on Art-deco design. Lots of vintage cards driving around, and the Bay is just georgous. Would like to spend some more time hereLue lisää
Wellington
2. marraskuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We drove from Napier on to Wellington, through some amazing country and some mountains where the winds were so strong a camper-van blew over!
Then a flight on to Christchurch.
Christchurch
2. marraskuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
We over-nighted in Christchurch in the delightfully named but somewhat disappointing Gingerbread Lodge B&B.
A long-time sister city to Adelaide, and sharing the same architect (Colonel Light) it wasLue lisää
Geraldine (Car Museum)
3. marraskuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Grabbing another rental car, we drove onward to Lake Tekapo, a great scenic drive which took us through Geraldine, a charming little town where we noticed signs to a local Car Museum. That looked likeLue lisää
Lake Tekepo
3. marraskuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Driving steadily north brought us to Lake Tekepo - and WAS IT COLD! Totally worth it though, as the local scenery was just stunning!
Moeraki Boulders
4. marraskuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
On our way to Dunedin we stopped off at a tourist spot that boasts some HUGE marbles!
Dunedin
4. marraskuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
Definitely one of our favourite places so far, we stayed with some delightful fold at the Leithview B&B, who had an amazing menagery of animals and home cottage industries - really delightful hosts!Lue lisää
Larnach Castle
5. marraskuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C
We did quite a bit of sight-seeing around Dunedin, including the brilliant and beautiful Larnach Castle!
Royal Albatross Center
5. marraskuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Loads of other birds, but the Albatross were in hiding the day we went :(
Lake Te Anu
6. marraskuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Lovely little town, wish we'd stayed longer!
Milford Sound
7. marraskuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
We did the obligatory cruise through the Milford Sound, and it was all we expected. Must see!
The coach trip from Te Anu was really interesting too, amazing scenery and a really informative tourLue lisää
Queenstown
9. marraskuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Dave: I'd been to Queenstown before, in the snowy Ski Season. Much nicer with good weather, really pretty place. The drive in was extremely scenic also.
LOADS to do in and around Queenstown.
Arrowtown
9. marraskuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
We had an afternoon in Arrowtown, and old Mining Town about 20km from Queenstown. Some really quaint little shops and cafes!
Skyline Queenstown
9. marraskuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
After really enjoying Skyline Rotorua, we had to try the one in Queenstown!
The view from the top of the mountain was even more spectacular, but the food wasn't as good.
West Coast New Zealand
10. marraskuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Leaving Queenstown, we drove along the stunning West Coast, stopping to admire the scenery as often as we could.
Franz Josef
10. marraskuuta 2014, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We had high expectations of the Glaciers at Franz Josef, intending to take a helicopter ride. Alas, for the first time in the trip the weather was against us.. It was raining when we pulled into FranzLue lisää
Dani and Dave on the hoofWe take our leave of Australia - New Zealand Bound!