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Chris and Emma will be leaving the UK on the 17th November. Our first stop will be Hong Kong,then we are flying down to Oz. We are starting in Perth, flying to Alice Springs, Ayers Rock etc, spending Christmas and New Year in Adelaide with Chris Aunt and Uncle. We then travel around the coast up to Sydney. From there we fly over to New Zealand for 6 weeks. We then go back into Sydney to finish up the coast. Afetr this we are spending 2 weeks in Fiji and finishing off with a week in New York on our way home...this is our map: worldmapmaker=123

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By Tufty
February 27th 2009

Last few weeks in New Zealand Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

Hi guys, as we are so far behind we are going to condense the last few weeks of New Zealand... Starting from where we left, we went to Akaroa which is a small French settlement about 1 1/2 hours from Christchurch. Its a cute place with some really quirky shops and buildings and when we arrived there was a local cricket match on. The drive there and back was through windy hills and it was hard not to feel sick! We spent the rest of the day in Christchurch and the evening with our new friends at the campsite. It was [View Full Entry]

By Tufty
February 26th 2009

Lake Tekapo Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Lake Tekapo

Lake Tekapo

I slept in the tent again last night and i was warm! I have found a new trick, i use my towel as a blanket under my sleeping bag! We could hear all the rabbits running around too! Today’s weather was meant to be showers but it was another nice day. We left at 9.30 am to do a walk through the woods up to the Observatory then down the hill along the Lake. The views of the Lake were really nice, a lovely deep blue colour. They say when the sun shines on it it goes turquoise but the other [View Full Entry]

By Tufty
February 25th 2009

Mount Cook Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Mount Cook National Park

Mount Cook from the Lake
at the end of the walk

Woke up to a nice sunny day, fingers crossed it stays like this! After breakfast we went to the visitor centre here to look at the walks, but when we got there the car smelt like it was burning. l..we had to wait for it to cool down before we could look under the bonnet. Also it hadn’t started very well today...not sure what is wrong. There were a few walks to choose from, from an hour to three of four hour walks. We chose the longest one as it sounded more interesting and it went over two suspended bridges, to [View Full Entry]

By Tufty
February 24th 2009

Otago Peninsula Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago » Dunedin

Fur seals...

Woke up to a better day, the rain had stopped! Got the tent down, had breakfast and off to the Otago Peninsula. This area is known for it’s blue penguins, albatrosses and fur seals. We drove along the coastal road first up to the tip of the peninsula. We walked down to one of the beaches and there were male fur seals all over the place, sleeping their dinner off! The main area is fenced off to protect them but 4 had come around to our side and were not afraid! We got quite close to get some photo’s. One of [View Full Entry]

By Tufty
February 23rd 2009

Dunedin Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dunedin

Off to Dunedin today. It was still raining, day 4 - it's like being back home! We got the tent down inbetween showers, said goodbye to Jess an Jen again! We drove through Gore & Balchutta to get to Dunedin, only took 3 hours and it rained the whole way!We popped into the I centre when we got there to pick up a map for tomorrow and also check the weather forecast...more rain! yipee doo dah! Dunedin ( pronounced Doo-neee-dun ) is the Gaelic name for Edinburgh in Scotland and is often said to be the best preserved Victorian and Edwardian [View Full Entry]

By Tufty
February 22nd 2009

Te Anau Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Te Anau

It was raining again today. AFter breakfast and a nice long shower we went for walk into town to find a market we had seen i sign for. It was at the Te Anau Club, there were about 10 stalls there selling food and cakes! we bought a new zealand t-shirt each and then went back to the campsite for lunch. It is very difficult to do anything here when it is raining as the clouds are so low you can't see anything and everything to do is outside! We spent the afternoon doing washing and the Jess and Jen turned [View Full Entry]

By Tufty
February 21st 2009

Te Anau Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Te Anau

We drove back into Te Anau and went to the Lakeside Campsite ( $15pp/pn), the cheapest one here. Got the tent upasap as it was raining and walked into town. WE stopped in the I centre to book our Ferry from Picton to Wellington ( not cheap, 2p + car $220 ! ) and our swim with the dolphins in Kaikoura. Then we walked through town, had a nosy around the shops, bought a new tea-towel, yeh, and then came back for lunch. we settled down in front of the TV as it was still raining...what else to do on a [View Full Entry]

By Tufty
February 20th 2009

Milford Sound Oceania » New Zealand

A typical NZ day.....
...a sheep crossing!!!

Up early as got a long drive ahead. We packed up, this tent is so much quicker , and drove up to the showers...as predicted it was raining today...we had been so lucky with the weather yesterday! Had maybe our last breakfast with Jess and Jen unless we bumped into them again! At 11am we left, it was a 5 hour driv to Milford Sound and as it was raining we thought it may take longer. Only 2 hours later we had arrived in Te Anu. We filled up with petrol as this was the last place that sold it and [View Full Entry]

By Tufty
February 19th 2009

Queenstown - Sky dive Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

Up in the air...!

Woke up early this morning and peeped out of the window...the weather forecast we had seen 2 days ago said it was going to be nice but last night said it was going to rain....but the sun was out! It was beautifull weather, the best we've had so far in NZ, and that meant we could do our skydive!! Once Chris was up we went and called the free number we had to check with the office that the weather was ok to jump...so far so good! We paid for another night here. ime for breaksfast, we thought we could have [View Full Entry]

By Tufty
February 18th 2009

Quuenstown - White water Rafting!!! Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

White water rafting...at the start

What a good night sleep! I slept in the car as i wanted to be warm and it worked! Wahoo! Got an exciting day ahead today as we were going WHite Water Rafting!!! We were both up early, around 8.30, had breakfast and then the next thing we know it was 11am!!! Mad. We had made sandwiches to take with us and have in town before going. We got into town around 12.15 so had a walk along the river front, a look around the shops and stopped in a small park to have lunch. We went to the office at [View Full Entry]

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