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