Adelaide Airport
29. oktober 2014, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Auckland airport
29. oktober 2014, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 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. oktober 2014, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 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. oktober 2014, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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. oktober 2014, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
A few hours looking around Taraunga were really well spent. It's a very beautiful part of the world.
Hobbiton, Matamata
31. oktober 2014, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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. oktober 2014, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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, whoLes mer
Skyline Rotorua
31. oktober 2014, New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 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 theLes mer
Lake Taupo
1. november 2014, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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. november 2014, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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 hereLes mer
Wellington
2. november 2014, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 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. november 2014, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 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 wasLes mer
Geraldine (Car Museum)
3. november 2014, New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 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 likeLes mer
Lake Tekepo
3. november 2014, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 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. november 2014, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
On our way to Dunedin we stopped off at a tourist spot that boasts some HUGE marbles!
Dunedin
4. november 2014, New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 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!Les mer
Larnach Castle
5. november 2014, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C
We did quite a bit of sight-seeing around Dunedin, including the brilliant and beautiful Larnach Castle!
Royal Albatross Center
5. november 2014, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Loads of other birds, but the Albatross were in hiding the day we went :(
Lake Te Anu
6. november 2014, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Lovely little town, wish we'd stayed longer!
Milford Sound
7. november 2014, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 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 tourLes mer
Queenstown
9. november 2014, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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. november 2014, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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. november 2014, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 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. november 2014, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Leaving Queenstown, we drove along the stunning West Coast, stopping to admire the scenery as often as we could.
Franz Josef
10. november 2014, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 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 FranzLes mer
Dani and Dave on the hoofWe take our leave of Australia - New Zealand Bound!