 | Touring the South Island
2005-11-15, South Island, New Zealand. By: charl_paul | | 15th, 16th Nov - Arrived into Christchurch and was immediately hit by a massive temperature drop compared to Oz. The southerly wind from Antarctica is vicious (or maybe we aren't used to cooler weathe... |
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 | South Island 2
2005-06-20, South Island, New Zealand. By: jenandmark | | South Island #2
From Te anau we headed to Queenstown, which was absolutely freezing!! It was a nice town nestled in amongst the mountains and lakes, with a definate aspres-ski vibe. We decided not... |
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| South Island #1
2005-06-15, South Island, New Zealand. By: jenandmark | | South Island
Jenny 13/7/05
The ferry across was pretty much like a cross channel ferry- not very interesting! But On the South Island it enters through the Marlborough Sounds- making a fifty km ... |
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 | South Island
2005-06-07, South Island, New Zealand. By: tati | | Once more i'm writing, so many things happened in the last 2 weeks. I'm in Christchurch now, it's so cold!!
i don't know where I should start. The last two weeks were soooooo good. When i was in Auck... |
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 | The Last Resort
2004-04-13, South Island, New Zealand. By: Alex_RTW | | The small town of Karamea is promoted as being the 'Last Resort' and the settlement is as far as it's possible to go up the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand before hitting dense bush. We ... |
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| The Routeburn and Caples Trek-athon!
2004-04-07, South Island, New Zealand. By: Alex_RTW | | We arrived at Kinloch Lodge (seemingly one of the only two premises in Kinloch) and soon found ourselves in the middle of a wedding celebration. The alarm bells should have started ringing when we fou... |
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| The Mad Month
2004-03-31, South Island, New Zealand. By: Alex_RTW | | During our stay in Motueka, a cunning plan was hatched. The summer swarms of backpackers were in full flight and we quickly found that to stay one step ahead of the game, booking accommodation well in... |
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 | The land of Middle-Earth
2003-12-03, South Island, New Zealand. By: iqjourney | | It's all about "Lord of the Rings". This world-wide cinematic phenomenon where New Zealand landscapes where used to create a real Middle Earth. Even Air New Zealand has themed their Boeing's in stunni... |
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 | Near Journey's End
2003-06-25, South Island, New Zealand. By: djsproule | | Living and working in New Zealand has been a great cultural experience - but not in the way that Asia was so shockingly different from our own standard of living, language, and customs. The contrasts... |
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 | The journey north to Wellington
2003-02-06, South Island, New Zealand. By: Flyin_Scot | |
Since the delights of Doubtful SOund and Te Anau...its been
very hectic! I left Te Anau in the early hours of the morning
to travel north to Milford Sound, arriving just in time to board
a 3 ... |
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 | Scorbies expedition - part 5
2003-02-08, South Island, New Zealand. By: sylvie | | Question of the week: How long does it take to pass through a NZ
average town?
Answer: in & out in 6 sec....
Hi there,
Its been a long time again, and the weekly news is bound to change in
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| NZ Tramping Trio
2003-01-21, South Island, New Zealand. By: djsproule | | Somehow the past three weeks have flown by without an opportunity to sit down at a computer and record some of our happenings. Since arriving in Christchurch, New Zealand, we seem to have been in per... |
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 | Finally, the South Island!
2003-01-10, South Island, New Zealand. By: cspeck | | We took the ferry over to the South Island first thing in the morning. The ferry was very scenic, especially leaving Wellington and coming into Picton.
I had heard from almost everyone I talked to... |
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 | Rain but spectacular views
2002-02-23, South Island, New Zealand. By: nsuffield | | We took the ferry to the South Island and drove towards Marlborough Sounds. It was a picturesque drive on a little windy road. Unfortunately we got lost a couple of times and by the time we reached th... |
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