Today really hasn’t been one of my favourite days in New Zealand as we’ve spent 11 hours of it sitting on a bus on the way from Wellington to Auckland. If we were travelling on the Greyhound buses in Australia, I don’t think it’d have been too bad at all; I like the opportunities you … More The Bus of Pain
“This is by far the largest earthquake to have occurred in the Christchurch region in historic time. Earthquakes larger than magnitude 6.0, usually deeper than this event, occur about annually in New Zealand, including one of magnitude 7.8 that occurred in the remote southwest of South Island in July 2009 with little damage.” – Dr … More Rising From The Wreckage
Rolling over as the alarm burst into life at 7am, I pulled the covers back over me in a bid to get back to sleep. It was far too early to be up to face another 9 hour bus journey and so snuggling back up seemed like a much better plan and although I didn’t … More Christchurch Bound
Eggs…rain…eggs…rain; these are the sights and smells I encountered upon first arrival in Rotorua. Hmmmm. Perhaps not quite the introduction to the town I had imagined but it seems like a lovely place and I’m looking forward to getting to know it better. * * * * * * Waking up at 8:30am to the … More To Rotorua!
People quickly crossing in front of you, shouting across to each other and quite clearly in a hurry. I was well aware that as a city, Auckland was a busy place but I hadn’t quite expecting it to be this bad! After waking up and checking out of the alright but-not-the-best hostel by 10am, we … More A Day In Auckland
Today was another fairly busy day as we went off for another little explore of the Bay of Islands area with Ben and Kelly before heading off by ourselves for a bit. It was nice to be shown a couple of places that we might not have necessarily seen otherwise and I really enjoyed getting … More A Day Out To The First Capital Of New Zealand
We’re in New Zealand! Hooray! It’s been quite a busy day travelling wise, obviously not as much as our initial arrival in Australia, but we’ve finally made it and I’m ready to explore. * * * * * * * When the alarm burst alive this morning at 9am, I leapt up ready to get … More Arriving In Auckland
Crocs, Cockatoos and Koalas can only mean one thing; today was our trip to the Bungalow Bay Koala Village’s on site Koala Sanctuary. I was really looking forward to this as I’d read some good reviews and was looking forward to getting to cuddle a koala. After waking up around half 8ish we quickly got … More Cuddling a Koala at the Bungalow Bay Koala Sanctuary
We’ve just returned from our trip to ‘Reef World’ in the Whitsundays on the 14th and 15th Nov and it was such an incredible experience; 2 days snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef and a night on the pontoon under the stars. When we first arrived at the Cruise Whitsundays terminal, just like before everything … More Reef-lecting upon the Great Barrier Reef: Part 1
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