 | Flying a Plane!!
2009-04-15, Kaikoura, New Zealand. By: edculpin | | I have just got back from Kaikoura Airfield where I got to fly a plane!
It was a two-seater Cessna 150 Acrobat, and I got about 20 minutes of flight-time, plus take-off and landing. It was really b... |
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 | Hei konâ râ
2008-03-07, Kaikoura, New Zealand. By: juliac | | I'm sad to have reached my last post from New Zealand. It's been a busy few days and a great 3 weeks but tomorrow I'm off to Sydney.
To fill in the last gaps. After spending 2 days in Christchurch ... |
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 | Whale watching and boozy night out
2007-12-11, Kaikoura, New Zealand. By: hamsouth | | This was our first day out on the south Island and what a day this was.We spent afew hours out on a boat and were all lucky enough to see a massive sperm whale nearly 30 metres long in the first 10 mi... |
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 | Whale tale
2007-01-19, Kaikoura, New Zealand. By: gemandyoz | | From Christchurch we headed on towards Kaikoura for some whale spotting, and decided to stop at Hanmer Springs on the way. The springs themselves were a bit overcrowded with kids but we did enjoy hiri... |
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 | Does it Ever Get Any Easier?
2007-01-04, Kaikoura, New Zealand. By: gareth | | Eerily, I woke up this morning after sleeping for almost exactly the same length of time as it took us to drive from Auckland to Wellington. Judging from the number of cars that had parked up in the n... |
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 | Whale watching
2006-12-08, Kaikoura, New Zealand. By: mhollier | | Arrived in wet Kaikoura on Friday and soon discovered it was to stay this way for the next couple of days:( We stayed at another backpackers called Dusky Lodge...liking the use of free spas and pools ... |
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 | The sea, the beach and the rain
2006-10-03, Kaikoura, New Zealand. By: drooms | | Hi everyone,
We said goodby to Cardrona on the 1st of October and arrived yesterday in Kaikoura.
It's really beautiful here. You have huge mountains, the sea, the beach,...
We bought ourselves so... |
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 | Dolphin Encounter and tikka masala
2005-11-16, Kaikoura, New Zealand. By: thesuhs | | The 4:45am wake-up felt really early, but we were already excited for the day. The drive into town was just a few minutes, and we checked in at the front desk of the Dolphin Encounter. They sized us u... |
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| Relaxing in the springs, bee encounter
2005-11-15, Kaikoura, New Zealand. By: thesuhs | | We had a free day in Hanmer Springs and we weren’t quite sure what to do although we had read that the town was famous for its thermal springs. Susan had warned Nathan that the thermal springs would p... |
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 | quad biking
2005-07-20, kaikoura, New Zealand. By: Faye | | howdy all! i just wrote a really long and exciting post and it didnt upload !!!!!! grrrr
anyway ill try again.
ATM we are in kaikoura and the weather is TERRIBLE so no whale watching today, inst... |
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 | Only 10 days left!
2005-06-13, Kaikoura, New Zealand. By: tati | | Today I arrived in Kaikoura, me and Chloe are gonna stay here until thursday! It's sad, everyone is going to diferent ways. Jason is leaving tomorrow, Pete and Matt left this mornung, Steve a few days... |
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 | Moby Dick
2004-11-09, Kaikoura, New Zealand. By: blazza | | Had a good Birthday last night and left just as new cool people turned up which is Sod's Law. There was a bbq on at the hostel for a couple of guys leaving and when I got some food, they all sang happ... |
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 | Strange Underwater Beings
2002-03-30, Kaikoura, New Zealand. By: cyfer13 | | The Misadventures :)
Kia Ora (Maori for Hello, I hope...either that or I just gravely insulted you...hopefully it meant hello)
Well, it's been a while and we have had a few more adventures to t... |
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 | Not the eyes! Not the eyes!!!!
2004-10-28, Kaikoura, New Zealand. By: rossa | | Another day of clear skies and warm sunshine!
Went for a long walk around the coastline and back along the clifftops. More seals along the way and large colonies of gulls some of which took great e... |
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 | Thar she blows!
2004-10-27, Kaikoura, New Zealand. By: rossa | | At last! A success with one of my tick-list of things to do and see.
I've travelled by bus, 3hrs North, to Kaikoura on the East coast. It's one of the best places in the world for viewing whales - ... |
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 | Whale Watching
2004-01-19, Kaikoura, New Zealand. By: khart | | I successfully managed to meet Simon and Debbie in Picton and then travelled with them in their luxurious camper van (fridge, shower and microwave included) down to Kaikoura on the East coast.
We s... |
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 | Tranzscenic Train to Kaikoura
2002-09-03, Kaikoura, New Zealand. By: sbirch | | I took the TranzScenic train from Christchurch to Kaikoura and the scenery was spectacular we went through mountains covered in springs green grass. Baby lambs, horses and cows were running, jumping a... |
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