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    • Day 49

      J47 : Moiniversaire de Lino

      February 28, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

      Réveil freecamp le "long de la plage". Chrustchurch : Achat transfo pour panades de Lino (héhé), petites courses (pour Lino, toujours!), Botanical garden, Cathedral, cardbord cathedral, Riverside Market (dumplings et gelato). Départ de Christchuch après avoir discuté de la vente du van par téléphone. Rouler en direction d'Arthur's pass, avec arrêt dans le freecamp de View hill domain.Read more

    • Day 32

      By By New Zealand / Hello Australia

      March 21 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      Schweren Herzens haben wir heute unser Camper abgegeben. Nach 3000 Km ohne irgendwelche Probleme ist er uns sehr ans Herz gewachsen. Leider passt er nicht ins Handgepäck😀. Jetzt geht’s weiter nach Sydney und wir freuen uns auf das nächste Abenteuer.Read more

    • Day 96

      Goodbye tent?

      February 10, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

      New Zealand really wanted to get rid of us, or at least the sandflys made us think so. As soon as the sun rose behind the mountains and it got pleasantly warm in the tent, they were all up again swarming between the tent layers, around the entrance or just chilled on top of the tent. It was a shame because instead of enjoying breakfast on our beach towels at the lake surrounded by mountains we had to flee into the car. And the most annoying thing about it is that none else seems to have this problem. It's as if all the sandflies in the wider area collectively decide that we are the target. The 2 other tents at the camping were totally fine and the guy next to us almost couldn't believe it when he saw the sandflies around us and our tent. So apparently we just smell really good, as does our tent, and our car, apparently... After hastily packing our stuff we drove off to brush our teeth somewhere else. We just wanted to get out of there.

      On the way back to Christchurch we stopped at the Castle Hill Limestones. A fun walk among humongous boulders. Like the elephant boulders we saw some time ago, but then even better. We had a typical New Zealand pie somewhere for lunch, and had a few other quick stops with not so noteworthy viewpoints. Arriving in Christchurch, we still had quite a few things to do before our flight. Grocery shopping, a stop at the farmacy, laundry, and a much needed hairdresser for Machiel. Especially the laundry at the campsite became an issue when it just didn't want to dry quickly enough. At least no sandflies though. In the meantime we made a wraps dinner and booked the transportation for the Fiji islands. After a shower it was time for bed. The weird thing was that we didn't know if this was the last time we would sleep in this tent. For the next 3.5 months we most likely won't sleep in any tent and seeing how the front zipper slowly stops working and the tent is more than 6 years old, it would be an easy way to save some space and weight. And while Machiel can think about this very rationally, Susanne struggles more as this became our home over the past months.
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    • Day 20

      Kairaki

      December 13, 2019 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

      Nach einem feinen Frühstück fahren wir in Richtung Süden☝🏻. Einige schöne Pässe werden überquert und es geht durch grosse Flusstäler, in die nähe von Christchurch.🏞 Unser eigentliches Ziel liegt jedoch noch weiter im Süden und so suchen wir uns eine günstige Übernachtungsmöglichkeit, von wo es morgen wieder weitergehen kann⬇️😍🙏🏻.Read more

    • Day 74–81

      Beyond Karamea

      January 13 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      With great sadness we left Karamea.
      The other side of the mountain is a campsite called Gentle Annie’s, highly rated we decided to stay a couple of nights. This would have been a great site outside of school holidays but it was heaving and the facilities did not stand up to the pressure. That said we did a pleasant bush walk, the Bali style showers were really good and we made use of the woodfired pizza oven which produced great tasting pizzas.
      Two nights was enough though so onward towards Westport. We had heard that the road Denniston had been opened so we tried again. Well worth the effort! This town on the top of the hill grew up around the coal mines. Only a handful of houses there now but lots of history and fantastic views. The coal was carried down to the coast in overhead wagons. (Aerial ropeway) A bit like cable cars but carrying coal. As always just amazing engineering.
      Another couple of nights at Westport where we visited our first AP show, agricultural and pastoral. Like our agricultural shows with the addition of speed log cutting and axe throwing competitions. Fairground rides were very old fashioned. Could have been Beamish.
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    • Day 17

      Canterbury sheep farm!

      November 1, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F

      What a fun day. We got to sleep in. Then, we took a bus into the area of Canterbury to a sheep farm. We were able to learn about the types of dogs used and trained for sheep herding. Then we got to watch them work. We then got to play with a few alpacas and take a few photos....the white one is a real ham!. We watched the farmer shear a sheep and even got to help a bit!. Brian was the sheep sorting worker of the day. He managed the right sort. Then they served us an amazing herders lunch and let us wander around and meet the rest of the animals. We then headed back to Christchurch. We had time to take a punt on the Avon River. A punt is the pole used to push a flat bottom boat on a shallow river that has a slow current. This is the only place besides England that has this ability, per our punt pushing captain. It was so peaceful and beautiful. The river is full of eel that are like well trained fish that are used to being fed. We were on our own for dinner so 8 of us took an Uber to eat at Smoke and Barrel. A restaurant owned and operated by the nephew of our Noblesville friend Dave Purcell, Cory Blackburn. He took great care of us at the restaurant and even delivered our food personally! A big board of smoked ribs, brisket, lamb, beef cheeks, and veggies. Sooooo good! Really fun day. Long bus ride tomorrow heading to Duneden.Read more

    • Day 10

      Christmas in Canterbury

      December 25, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

      Christmas looked a little different this year 🎄

      We started the day speaking with our families and tucking into bacon butties. Then we headed out for a walk in the nearby town, which took us along the estuary and to the beach. Long story short, we took a massive detour and ended up in some mud flats surrounded by birds - Immy was loving life!

      Eventually we made it to the beach for our picnic and Jonny had a refreshing dip in the Pacific.

      Arriving back home, we tucked into some New Zealand lamb, new season asparagus, roasties and a lovely bottle of Syrah. We had hoped the wood fired hot tub would then be ready for us, but after six hours of heating up it was very much tepid! But we got in regardless and enjoyed some star gazing to end another lovely day!
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    • Day 198

      Wwoofen bei Angela und Nick

      August 25, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C

      Seit einer Woche sind wir jetzt schon bei Angela und Nick. Die beiden wohnen nur 5min mit dem Auto entfernt von unseren letzten Hosts und nennen ihr Grundstück "The Food Farm". Und hier wächst und läuft auch einiges rum. Sie haben ein großes Gemüsebeet, Hühner, Schweine, Schafe, Enten und Kühe, um die wir uns auch jeden Morgen kümmern. Zwei der drei Kinder leben noch im Haus und sind etwas jünger als wir. Ansonsten gibt's noch zwei Hunde und einen Kater, viel leckeres Essen und jede Menge im Garten zu tun. Wir bereiten die Beete für die Aussaat vor und verschneiden einige Bäume und Sträucher.Read more

    • Day 327

      Weinachten und Neujahr auf der Foodfarm

      January 1 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

      Verspätete und Weihnachtsgrüße und ein gesundes neues Jahr gibt's von der Foodfarm. Wie geplant hat unsere Reise uns zu Weihnachten und Neujahr wieder hierher zurückgebracht. Und es ist für uns der beste Ort gewesen, um Weihnachten in Neuseeland zu verbringen. Ein anderer deutscher Wwoofer Luiz ist auch hier gewesen und wir sind zusammen für ein paar Stunden in Weihnachtsstimmung gekommen, haben Plätzchen gebacken und mit der Familie hier ein schönes Weihnachtsfest gehabt.
      Silvester haben wir auch einem Konzert in Christchurch verbracht und sind entspannt ins neue Jahr gestartet.
      Damit rückt auch unsere Rückreise immer näher.
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    • Day 186

      Golden Bay ➡️ Waipara

      August 13, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

      Nach fast 4 Wochen haben wir Reg am Freitag verlassen. Uns hat es dort gut gefallen, wir brauchen aber mal wieder etwas Neues und vor allem eine Region wo mehr los ist. Also haben wir uns in die Umgebung von Christchurch, der zweitgrößten Stadt Neuseelands aufgemacht und hatten eine ca. 7h Fahrt, die längste bisher. Wir waren beunruhigt, weil es am Donnerstag durch Schnee und Eis zu Sperrungen auf der Route kam und wir nicht wussten, ob wir uns nach Aufhebung der Sperrungen trotzdem wagen sollten die Strecke zu fahren oder einen Umweg fahren. Wir haben uns für den normalen Weg entschieden und das war auch richtig so, wir hatten fantastische Aussichten auf verschneite Berge und eine wunderschöne Fahrt.
      Jetzt sind wir in Waipara, einem kleinen Ort ca. eine Stunde entfernt von Christchurch. Wir wwoofen bei Janina und Haydon und Ihrer kleinen Tochter Flora. Die zwei haben ein Weingut, wo wir gerade helfen.
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    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Waimakariri District, Waimakariri-Distrikt, District de Waimakariri, Distretto di Waimakariri, Daerah Waimakariri, ضلع وائیماکاریری, Уаимакарири

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