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                    <title>Hanmer Springs to Christchurch</title>
                    <description>Tuesday 8th MayWe awoke to a stunning red sunrise is there some weather on the way and a beautifully pink sky over our campervan in Hanmer Springs. Sad to realise that this will be our last breakfast in Crowded House and today we are on our way back down to Christchurch and our campervan holiday will be over....but first a drive around the area here and a walk down to the town for a coffee. We </description>
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                    <title>Picton to Hanmer Springs</title>
                    <description>Monday 7th MayHow many more glorious sunny mornings will there be Down on the waterfront in Picton harbour for some last minute photos and watching the interisland ferry from Wellington appear in the distance thru some lifting fog. Just beautiful. We haven39t done the ferry crossing yet however can only imagine what a stunning sight the passengers on this one must be experiencing We will d</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Picton/blog-721641.html</link>
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                    <title>Nelson to Picton</title>
                    <description>Sunday 6th MayAnother bright sunny day. from here on the words in this blog are taken directly from Marys39 diary. Much more reliable than my memory as this is a retro blogDrove away from Nelson at 9.30am along completely changed waterfront high tide had covered the rock formations calm water  quite pretty but no chance to stop for a pic. Headed straight up a steep winding mountain road a</description>
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                    <title>Nelson Markets</title>
                    <description>Saturday 5th MayWe were up early on Saturday morning to drive in from the Tahuna Beach Holiday Park to the centre of Nelson to go to the much celebrated morning markets. Didn39t need an alarm the aircraft taking off over our van woke us upThis is why we made our mad dash up from Kokitika yesterday and in doing so we missed out on seeing some places that we originally had hope to see. We had</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Nelson-Region/blog-719816.html</link>
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                    <title>Hokitika to Nelson</title>
                    <description>Friday 4th MayOur overnight at Hokitika was spent enjoying a good cooked dinner and some wine in Crowded House and we had no real reason to venture out to sample the 39nightlife39 of Hokitika as it was pretty chilly and we were in need of a good nights sleep so on Friday morning we did a bit more shopping for the kids topped up with diesel and then headed off north towards Greymouth.One of </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Nelson-Region/blog-719010.html</link>
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                    <title>Fox Glacier north towards Greymouth</title>
                    <description>Thursday 3rd MayWell it39s time to move on again. We have spent 2 days here at Fox Glacier and are still coming down off our high yesterday after our walk on the upper reaches of the glacier.Just before we left we took a drive out only 10mins to Lake Matheson near Fox township to see the reflections. The travel guides and brochures say that it39s the only lake which has the reflections o</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Hokitika/blog-718905.html</link>
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                    <title>ICE WALK...   Fox Glacier</title>
                    <description>Wednesday 2nd MayAt 8.30 sharp we were over in the Fox Glacier Guiding office just 2 min walk across the road from our campervan to confirm our booking for the HeliHike up to the top of the glacier. They don39t finalise your booking until the 39last minute39 to ensure that all is well up there before your flight. We are quite impressed with the safety preparations and as Mary has nev</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Fox-Glacier/blog-718027.html</link>
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                    <title>Wanaka towards the ice.</title>
                    <description>Monday 30th AprilWe arrive in the town of Wanaka which lies right on surprisingly Lake Wanaka. First impressions were wish we could spend more time here as we came in from the south past the airfield and it39s aviation museums and old vintage cars. Saw a Canberra bomber perched up on display outside the museum and it brought back memories of the first aircraft I was to get to know in the R</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Wanaka/blog-717672.html</link>
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                    <title>A day inside Crowded House and then on to Wanaka</title>
                    <description>Yesterday we cruised on Milford Sound and had a fantastic day rounded off with a great scenic drive back to Te Anau in our Go Milford bus. Even as we drove into the Top 10 Holiday Park the weather was starting to take a turn for the worst and looking distinctly gloomy. We have had a good run 11 sunny days straight since on the road.It is now Sunday 29th April.We are huddled in Crowded House de</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Te-Anau/blog-717262.html</link>
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                    <title>Milford Sound</title>
                    <description>It is Saturday 28th April and we have arrived in our Go Milford bus at the boat charter terminal in Milford Sound.  Having enjoyed the trip up down from Te Anau where the 2 hours went so quickly we were hoping that our trip on the sound would be as exciting.  We needen39t have worried.Might say here that we have cracked a stunning day.  Yesterday as we drove over from Gore the weather was </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Milford-Sound/blog-716850.html</link>
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                    <title>Drive to Milford Sound</title>
                    <description>As we had hoped the day of our trip to Milford Sound dawned fine but very cold. During the night it had rained a little and almost snowed on the mountain across the lake but when we peeped out the curtains of Crowded House before dawn I could see stars and felt quite excited.The Go Milford mini bus turned up on time out the front of the Top 10 and we tore ourselves away from the fire in the rec</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Te-Anau/blog-716764.html</link>
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                    <title>Gore to Te Anau</title>
                    <description>Yes I know by now any reader will be confused. The last post Dunedin to Gore is out of kilter datewise and in order of posting. Trouble is am now trying to post entries retrospectively and the dates of posting are NOT those of actually travelling.....if you get what I mean Will see if I can get it back in order.So we left the little town of Gore late 11.30am on the morning of 27 April after </description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Southland/Gore/blog-716722.html</link>
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                    <title>Dunedin to Gore</title>
                    <description>A bit late in posting this but......onwards from lovely Dunedin heading south towards Invercargill on Route 1. We won39t be going down to Invercargill as we are pushing time and need to 39catch up39 a few days besides we have read up on the southern tip and at this time of the year decided to give it a miss...maybe some other timeTaking our time driving south from Dunedin we stopped fo</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Southland/Gore/blog-716495.html</link>
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                    <title>Dunedin.     Serious catchup</title>
                    <description>25 April ANZAC DAYAt long last it39s time to catch up with the blog. The last few days have been so full on that we haven39t had time to do much else than drive check in for the night have a feed and sleep. Also as previously mentioned the internet is a patchy thing and very costly here.We arrived in the beautiful city of Dunedin on the eve of Anzac Day which is very big here of course</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Dunedin/blog-713204.html</link>
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                    <title>Lake Tekapo Mt Cook</title>
                    <description>Well the show has moved on and Crowded House packed up and we set out on Sunday 22nd for Mt Cook. After replenishing the stores and using the dump station and refueling at Lake Tekapo we headed north west along the stunning Lake Pukaki which along with 2 other major lakes in the centre of this area produces hydro electricity. The roads are so good in this part of NZ that it is hard not to speed a</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Mount-Cook-National-Park/blog-712074.html</link>
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                    <title>Akaroa to Lake Tekapo</title>
                    <description>Playing serious catchup now. It doesn39t take long to get behind as we are covering so much ground now and can39t keep up.So this blog will just be a few pics that were meant to go on the previous one.   Today we Left Lake Tekapo and moved on to Mt Cook only a short trip but well worth the effort.  We are still catching our breath from todays scenery..............more on that tomoro.The pic</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Lake-Tekapo/blog-711490.html</link>
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                    <title>Finally on our way.</title>
                    <description>Well so much has happened since we started that it39s difficult to keep it all in perspective.After dropping of our excess and unwanted items too much baggage again at our friends place we set out south from Christchurch to Akaroa. Having read so much about this place we were still thrilled by the spectacular scenery on the way up the mountains and down the other side into the large volcani</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Lake-Tekapo/blog-711021.html</link>
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                    <title>Christchurch</title>
                    <description>17 Apr 12. Tuesday in ChCh.Had best ever nights sleep. Yesterday was lovely weather but awoke this morning to grey overcast drizzle and cold breeze. 9.30am and off to pick up the KEA Camper. Within 5 mins of ringing the local depot a taxi was at our motel door paid for by Kea and took us there.Full marks to Kea they gave us a most comprehensive briefing over an hour and went over every minute d</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Christchurch/blog-710254.html</link>
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                    <title>Across the pond</title>
                    <description>Flew over last night from Perth althought it seems like it was several days ago. A very tiring night with no sleep and arrived at Aucklkand at 2am our time Perth time and 6am NZ time. the dawn was just breaking into an absolutely beautiful day with clear skies and lots of fog around the hills.However we were too tired to appreciate it as we had to go thru customs and quarantine and then re check</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/New-Zealand/South-Island/Christchurch/blog-709401.html</link>
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                    <title>Canning River morning</title>
                    <description>We have just reopened our blog after an absence of many years. Our last entry being in 2006.Off soon on a trip to NZ so this is just an entry to get started again and familiar with the new blog format and posting of pics etc. Any added pics on this are for practice only. Hope you can soon join us in the Land of The Long White Cloud.MA</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Western-Australia/blog-706464.html</link>
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