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Lake Tekapo
17 grudnia 2024, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
We flew from Tasmania to Christchurch and picked up the campervan there but our first real stop in New Zealand is Lake Tekapo. This alpine lake is known for its turquoise waters and lupin flowers which we got to see plenty of. Czytaj więcej
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Into the Mountains
19 grudnia 2024, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
After Lake Tekapo we were off to Aoraki (Mount Cook) NP. We stayed at the White Horse Hill Campground, which has views of Mount Sefton. The first night was clear and we were able to see the stars and the Milky Way! The next day, we hiked 6 km of the 10 km Hooker Valley Track - the longest Ben has yet walked! The views of Mount Sefton were spectacular and we crossed two swinging bridges that were suspended hundreds of feet over the river. We even got a peak at Mount Cook’s peak! The kids discovered the joy of breaking shale rocks. 😜 Czytaj więcej
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PodróżnikBreathing views? Did you do a helicopter ride?
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PodróżnikNope! Not this time.
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More glaciers and icebergs
20 grudnia 2024, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Podróżnik Ice exists outside of a freezer? Seems improbable.
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Wanaka
20 grudnia 2024, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Aoraki NP to Wānaka. We stopped at a salmon farm for a snack - sashimi for us and fish pellets for the salmon. Of course we had to see the Instagram famous Wanaka Tree that still lives despite being year round in water. Czytaj więcej
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Podróżnik And her actions were…?
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PodróżnikUsing the in house toilet…
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Jet boating in Queenstown
22 grudnia 2024, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Queenstown is the adventure capital of NZ. All kinds of crazy experiences are being offered… like riding in a jet boat through a narrow river canyon at 90 km/h - it was a ton of fun!
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Podróżnik Wow! Thrill ride indeed!
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Podróżnik Kühl düd und düdette!
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Rafting and kiwis
23 grudnia 2024, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
On our 2nd day in Queenstown we went rafting in the Skippers Canyon. Now a fairly remote place only accessible by the supposedly 2nd most dangerous road in the world it used to be a major mining location during the gold rush in the 1800s. We didn’t bring our phones on the raft but the views were stunning, the rapids pretty gentle and the wet suits did their job after jumping in so we all had a great time.
We also went to a kiwi park to see kiwis feeding kiwis to kiwis. No kiwi photos allowed unfortunately as the exhibit was a fully nocturnal setting. It was a unique sight to see them walking around with their long beaks and they were bigger than we expected (like size of a rugby ball) Czytaj więcej
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Glenorchy
24 grudnia 2024, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
We headed around the bend of Lake Wakapitu up to Glenorchy - the scenery in this area was made famous by LoTR. We took a lovely walk on the Routeburn Nature Walk through an endemic beech tree forest of New Zealand (all other evergreen forests in the region are invasive pines and firs)! Czytaj więcej
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Podróżnik Frodo house
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Podróżnik😆
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Campervan Christmas in Glenorchy
25 grudnia 2024, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
How did Santa get into the campervan?
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🦠🦠🦠 [🦠🦠🦠]
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Milford Sound
26 grudnia 2024, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Milford Sound in Fjordland national park is arguably the South Island’s most prominent attraction. It’s 90 min scenic drive over a mountain pass from Te Anau to the sound which we then explored on a small cruise boat. Lots of beautiful mountain ranges and waterfalls. It’s often rainy and foggy here so we got really lucky with the weather. Czytaj więcej
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More Milford Sound
26 grudnia 2024, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
It was a long day and we have so many photos! Kids survived and didn’t fight or complain! Probably the mango juice and chocolate helped!
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Campervan Life
27 grudnia 2024, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Well…it was an experience! Convenient to not have to check in and out of hotels, but it was noisy and uncomfortable to drive. I wasn’t a huge fan of the holiday parks, and we didn’t want explore freedom camping with the kids during the holiday season. The kids thought it was great! But they didn’t have to empty the toilet cassette…
If it didn’t end with transmission and engine overheating problems (and serious issues with their roadside “help” service), we might have had fonder memories. Czytaj więcej
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Alina what you laughing at [Will]
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PodróżnikIt’s just hilarious that I’ve listened to the same Moana song 2000 times already and still don’t understand the lyrics…
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Otago peninsula: penguins & albatrosses
28 grudnia 2024, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Exploring the Otago peninsula, we saw royal albatrosses, yellow-eyed penguins, little blue penguins, fur seals, sea lions, and lots of sea gulls. The first 2 are unique to NZ.
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Podróżnik Penguins! At last!
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PodróżnikWe found them!
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Dunedin
30 grudnia 2024, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
We stopped by downtown Dunedin before heading North, pretty run down and boring but some fun street art. Next stop were the Moeraki boulders.
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That would be the Yellow Submarine. [Grandpa]
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Steampunks and more penguins
30 grudnia 2024, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
Oamaru was our last camping stop. It’s a small coastal town that has retained its Victorian center and houses a bunch of weird yet interesting museums and shops. There is also a blue penguin colony at the harbor and we watched these little guys return from the sea to their nests at dusk. There were also a few nesting boxes in the holiday park just about 10 feet from our campervan… and we were serenaded with their calls all night long 🤣 Czytaj więcej
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So tiny! They look 4 feet tall on TV. [Grandpa]
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Podróżnik12-14 inches!
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Kühl dudette! [Grandpa]
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Fumerously fantastical museum! [Grandpa]
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Christchurch
31 grudnia 2024, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Goodbye campervan and good riddance! Hello comfy hotel bed!
We’ve arrived at the final destination of our trip - Christchurch. And just in time for New Years! We decided to skip the outdoor early kid celebrations since it was raining and windy… game night and in bed 10pm instead!

The city was devastated by an earthquake in 2011, and is still rebuilding. But they’ve added some fun things like a pump track and lots of shopping. Czytaj więcej
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El Fin
3 stycznia 2025, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
After 24 hrs of travel, we’re back in Seattle! The kids were lucky to have the sky couch again…parents not so! It’s good to be home!

Benjamin’s top 5:
-Streams and rocks and sand and sticks
-Zip lines
-Koalas and turtles
-Gondola and funicular in the Blue Mountains

Alina’s top 5 (or 6):
-feeding kangaroos and petting koalas
-pool and beach in Port Douglas
-JoJo the cockatoo
-snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef
-fireworks in Sydney
-jet boat

Anna’s top 5:
-hike to Hooker Lake
-Milford Sound tour
-Sydney
-the different rainforests in Australia
-Tasmanian devils

Daniel’s top 5:
-Sydney
-Snorkeling the GBR
-MONA
-jet boat
-Hooker Lake hike Czytaj więcej
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