Published: March 2nd 2012March 2nd 2012
Friday June 22nd - Fly Cairns to Auckland, arriving in Auckland late afternoon and staying at Auckland Harbour Oaks apartments. Dinner from Sarge's piecart in Britomart:
Saturday June 23rd - Breakfast (and foraging for supplies for dinner) at the Farmer's Markets in Britomart. Yum Cha Lunch at Grand Harbour Chinese Restaurant.
Sunday June 24th - Cruise to Waiheke Island, picnic lunch of provisions gathered at the markets the previous day.
Monday June 25th - Fly to Queenstown. Accommodation at Absoloot Backpackers where we have paid extra for a room with a view of the lake...
Gondola ride , and possibly a luge ride!
Dinner at Eichardt's Private Hotel.Tuesday 26th June : Catch the shuttle bus to Snow Park at Cardrona
Wednesday June 27th (my birthday :) Skiing!Thursday June 28th : Another day at Snow ParkFriday June 29th : Catch the shuttle bus back to Queenstown, pick up our hire car and head via Invercargill for Oystercatcher Cottage in Bluff, the southernmost point of the South Island.Saturday June 30th : Drive to Moeraki via Dunedin. Accommodation at Moeraki Boulders Holiday Park if they decide to stay open for the winter. How cute is this little cabin??
If not, Jack's place. Still lovely!
We will walk on the beach and gaze at these fabulous things :
We have bookings for dinner at the world famous Fleur's place
Sunday July 1st: Erewhon Station!! This is shaping up to be the highlight of the trip - staying in a self-contained house at the homestead on the first night.
Monday July 2nd : The lovely folks from Erewhon station are going to harness up a team of gorgeous clydesdales and take us in a wagon through "Lord of the Rings" country:
to a little rustic hut in the high country, up above the snowline where we will spend the night.
and have a wood fired bath under the sky!
Squee!!
Tuesday July 3rd : Springfield Hotel - chill out day!
Wednesday July 4th: TranzAlpine Train (I LOVE trains!!). This one is ranked among the top five train journeys in the world.
Thursday 5th July : Our 9th (?) wedding anniversary! Hanmer Springs. Staying at Hanmer Backpackers in this cozy little stargazy room
spending quality time soaking in the Hanmer Thermal Springs.
Friday 6th July : Picton. Staying at The Villa Backpackers...
and weather permitting and dog spirit willing, we shall take Milly for a walk!
Saturday 7th July : Interisland Ferry to Wellington - predawn, so we can watch the sunrise over the sea (and so we have the best chance of a smooth crossing!!)
And so ends Part 1 - South Island!
My lovely hubby and I are in the process of planning a trip to Tasmania with a few days in Melbourne at the end. We live in Cairns, Queensland and have been to Tasmania only once before, in the winter of 2007. We took that trip to decide if we would like to live in Tassie, and the answer was an unconditional yes. Since then we have been working steadily through bringing out the best in our lovely old Queenslander house in preparation for selling it and making the move. I was born in Cairns and have lived here for 40 years and Eric ha... full info
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