The Eve of Travel 😀😀😀
13 сентября 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Not long to go now!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Brisbane Airport
14 сентября 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Suzie - Wooooo! It begins! I love the airport, it either means I'm plane spotting or I'm travelling 💜💜 Checked in our bags, made it through security and now it's time for noms before our flightЧитать далее
Melbourne 💜💜💜
14 сентября 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
After a rather uneventful trip down, we arrived in Melbourne with rain and 9°!! It was lovely!!!! 😄😄😄😄 We checked into our accommodation - Rendezvous Hotel in Flinders Street and then setЧитать далее
Suzie Holland💜💜💜💜 I don't know if you saw it, a print of The Pioneer was hung in my childhood house in Savoy St in the loungeroom. Mum would fascinate me with the story of the painting, Frederick McCubbin and other artists from the Heidelberg School such as Tom Roberts. I visit The Pioneer whenever I'm in Melbourne 😄😄
Ambiance, Queen Victoria Markets
15 сентября 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
I was told about this beautiful shop in the Queen Victoria Markets which celebrates Christmas, from one of my work colleagues 😀😀😀😀 So gorgeous!!
Sorrento
15 сентября 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
I've wanted to visit Sorrento for a great number of years and it is well worth the wait. Sunshine and a relaxed beach vibe 😄😄 The ferry takes people and cars from Port Melbourne to SorrentoЧитать далее
Christchurch Bound!!
16 сентября 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Almost ready to fly out 😀 The Business Class lounge was lovely, however as it was on ground level, it felt a little isolated and dark. It's nickname in flight circles is The Dungeon and now IЧитать далее
Southern Alps from the Air 🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤
16 сентября 2024 г., Австралия ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
These are some beautiful photographs I took from our flight and a view of the South Island coastline 😀😀😀
Christchurch
16 сентября 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
The flight from Melbourne to Christchurch was pretty good and we arrived safely in New Zealand 💜💜💜 We went and picked up the car and drove to our hotel. We checked in and rested for a bitЧитать далее
The Little Fiddle Pub, Christchurch
16 сентября 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
What better way to ease into NZ culture by having a pint and a tasty meal at a really great Irish pub!!
My Tree, Christchurch Botanical Gardens
17 сентября 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
I'm visiting 'my tree' - a Turkish Red Pine planted in c. 1860. I visited this tree in 2016, my first trip to Christchurch and I came across this tree and sat on one of the branches and contemplatedЧитать далее
Hanmer Springs
17 сентября 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
Here we are in the beautiful alpine spa village of Hanmer Springs with 4°!!
We even had snow!! SNOW!! 😀😀😀😀 We've had a late lunch/early dinner of a souvlaki and now it's back to Christchurch
Akaroa
18 сентября 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
A beautiful little village founded by French settlers in 1840. Both France and England were interested in this little corner of paradise. I love it here 💜
Lake Tekapo
18 сентября 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
I'm finally back here!! Lake Tekapo is one of my happy places in our world and it's an honour and privilege to be here 😀😀😀 The trip into Mackenzie Country with the beautiful snow cappedЧитать далее
Aoraki/Mount Cook
19 сентября 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ 🌫 4 °C
We had booked the Tasman Glacier tour but Mother Nature had other ideas and it was raining heavily at the Hermitage Hotel where we were meant to meet up with our guide and it had been cancelled. AllЧитать далее
Tasman Glacier
19 сентября 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ 🌫 4 °C
Our tour may have been cancelled due to poor weather, however we decided to go and see what we could see and I'm so glad we did! The sky cleared and we have been gifted this beautiful view of theЧитать далее
Our Most Action Packed Day Ever!!
20 сентября 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Trev wanted me to label our day as the above!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
We decided today was to be a rest day and it was just what we needed. We headed off into the village around midday in search of coffeeЧитать далее
Suzie Holland
I promise this is a blueberry cheesecake macaron and a Ferrero Rocher eclair!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mount John, Lake Tekapo
21 сентября 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
We are at the Mount John Observatory and we have just had a delicious morning tea 😄😄😄
If our Dark Sky Summit Tour hadn't been cancelled the other night, this is where we would've been atЧитать далее
Queenstown
21 сентября 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
After a beautiful drive from Lake Tekapo through mountains and gorges, we are here in Queenstown and it's so beautiful 💜💜💜
We arrived around 3.30pm, settled into our apartment and wentЧитать далее
Skyline, Queenstown
22 сентября 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
We are high up a mountain here and have just finished our luge rides!! We jumped onto the Skyline gondolas which took us up to the gift shop and cafe, then we walked to another chairlift that took usЧитать далее
Minus 5° Ice Bar, Queenstown
22 сентября 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Well, to say we are sober would be a lie!! Our Ice Bar was -8.7°!! What a fantastic time! Trev says he's going to leave me for Dean, our bartender!! We were the last ones left in the bar dancing toЧитать далее
Trevor HollandOn second thoughts I think Dean is a bad influence. I'm still feeling that last shot he made!!
Last Full Day in Queenstown
23 сентября 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
We have had a bit of a chill day today 😄 We went to Time Tripper, which was an interactive trip back into time to show how New Zealand and Lake Wakatipu was created and we also saw what wasЧитать далее
TSS Earnslaw, Queenstown
23 сентября 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
We are currently sailing on Lake Wakatipu on the coal-firedl steamship, the TSS Earnslaw which was built in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1911. She is 52 m long and she used to deliver mail and supplies toЧитать далее
Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown
24 сентября 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
As we sadly have to leave this beautiful area and go onwards to Te Anau, I wanted to walk along the lake and dip my feet in! On a really cold day, in thongs, as that's how I roll!!! Hahaha!
Glenorchy
24 сентября 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
I love this little village!! I have been here before and wanted to show Trev the beauty of this piece of paradise. What a beautiful day and we stopped off at Mrs Woolly's for yummy hot drinks beforeЧитать далее
The Remarkables
24 сентября 2024 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
These amazing snowy mountains forming part of the Southern Alps are majestic and form a gorgeous backdrop to Lake Wakatipu as you leave (or arrive) Queenstown.
We were going to go to base camp,Читать далее
Trevor HollandOMG it is soooo close!
Suzie HollandIt's here!!!!!!!!! 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
ПутешественникVery exciting