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Ian and Pru - Ian Winters and Prudence Dove | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 15 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=304903] | 2008-07-27 02:20:09
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By Ian and Pru
July 27th 2008
July 27th 2008
Out of the middle of nowhere into civilisation!
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hawkes Bay » Porangahau
Hello..... well as a few of you keep telling us it has been a while since we updated our blog so here is the update! Our last entry finished with us going to work in a Feijoa orchard pruning the trees. On the Monday we moved into our new home - an old packhouse/ big shed! We parked up our van inside, plugged in and settled into our living quaters - a nice sofa, toilet and kitchen - better than some campsites! We were staying with a Kiwi couple Ken and Kathy, and on our first weekend Kathy cooked us a [View Full Entry]
By Poulu
June 29th 2008
June 29th 2008
North Island winter odyssey in a fascist car
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hawkes Bay » Napier
Just before we left, i had dinner with my great friends Sarah Cox and Anna Holman. Sarah's husband, Richard, asked me about the approaching trip and i was more than happy to describe all our exciting plans. Afterwards Richard, who is from Yorkshire and has higher sarcasm levels than most, was silent for a few seconds and then concluded " so basically you are following winter around the world". I laughted it off at the time, but I'm afraid that Richard (and it pains me to say this) was right! Winter is definitely here in New Zealand. We know this by [View Full Entry]
Poulu - Louise Agran | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 2 Comment(s) | 17 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=292968] | 2008-06-29 02:37:42
Well, it is time to catch you up to date on our travels! We have been having a lot of fun and covering much ground but getting to writing and finding internet less. Our last blog brought us to the North Island, and this one covers April 23 to 28th up the East Coast from Wellington. Our first stop along the way was a quick one to take a picture of the Tui brewery, Tui was happy to see a flag bearing his name! We passed some wind farms along our way to historic Taumatashakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukopokaiwhenuakitanatahu, the longest place name in the [View Full Entry]
KillerBeeandLilC - Kirby and Christina | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 20 Photo(s) | 2 Video(s) | [diary=275965] | 2008-05-14 02:05:32
By Gypsy Rovers
April 7th 2008
April 7th 2008
Apples make you smell
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hawkes Bay » Hastings
Yo! For the past 5 weeks we have been earning a crust and honing our apple picking talents. We were advised to contact Phil and Kirsty who own an orchard on the outskirts of Hastings. Unfortunately, we missed the Royal Gala harvest but as they are so kind they sorted us out for work on a friend's organic orchard until the Jazz were ready to be picked. The organic place was well out of town and in a really peaceful area. We could park the van at the farm and use the amenities (see photo attached!) It took a few days [View Full Entry]
Gypsy Rovers - John&Coll | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 2 Comment(s) | 15 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=263777] | 2008-04-07 03:36:44
By Rebeccaelyse
March 28th 2008
March 28th 2008
I Heart Hastings?
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hawkes Bay » Hastings
It's surprising how much can happen in a few weeks. I'm still picking blueberries, and actually enjoying it....sometimes. I've met wonderful people, and I'm having so much fun. Me and Tove are going to Taupo on Thursday, meeting up with Natalie and Louise there, and we're going SKYDIVING! yay! Jumping out of a plane!! I'm very excited, not only because it means not working for a couple of days. After Taupo we're going to walk the Tongariro Crossing again, hopefully with better weather now. After that Tove is going to Welly, and I might go back to Hastings (again!!!) and work [View Full Entry]
Rebeccaelyse - Rebecca Wouda | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 20 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=260749] | 2008-03-28 23:52:55
By lights2012
March 26th 2008
March 26th 2008
Same old stuff
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hawkes Bay » Hastings
The date is Wednesday, March 26th, and I am continuing my theme of writing on Wednesdays. I would first like to wish happy birthday to both my parents, this is that special day of the year when my dad is 2 years older than my mom. I'm writing this from the living room/kitchen/bedroom of my flat, as we talked our kiwi neighbors into letting us scype their internet service for two weeks for $15. Its pretty convenient to say the least. Unfortunately, only hours after my Congolese roommate and I made that deal, our contractor called and said that we were [View Full Entry]
lights2012 - Jeremy Lightner | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=259892] | 2008-03-26 08:36:56
By Bobcat
March 22nd 2008
March 22nd 2008
Weeks Ten, Eleven and Twelve: Apples, Losing Wallets, Getting Ill and Making Friends
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hawkes Bay » Hastings
The Work As the old adage goes, you can’t polish a turd (during some of our work days I would have preferred to do that), hence there being little glitz and glamour in picking apples. I know what you’re picturing. A sun-dappled orchard, blue sky, hazy laughter floating between the trees as we pranced majestically up and down the rows casually plucking apples from their stems as we supped cold lemonade. Yeah, I imagined a country bumpkin-style ambience, when in actuality it was a factory airlifted to a field with all of the associated incompetence and prejudice (not [View Full Entry]
Bobcat - Gem Seddon | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 3 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=258425] | 2008-03-22 00:31:08
By lights2012
March 19th 2008
March 19th 2008
AAAAAAHHH.
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hawkes Bay » Hastings
The title of this blog are my thoughts as I drove for the first time in NZ today. Everything is inverted, and I don't think it is so much the driving on the other side of the road that gets to you, its more the sitting on the other side of the car. That freaks you out. You are so used to puting your car space in a certain area so it doesn't hit anything, and now everything is inverted. It's wierd. But I'm here, safely. It was a long four blocks, however. And no questions about who's car I was [View Full Entry]
lights2012 - Jeremy Lightner | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=257568] | 2008-03-19 07:53:06
By Bobcat
March 16th 2008
March 16th 2008
Australia: Backpacking, Discovery and Alcohol - Our Two Month Jaunt
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hawkes Bay » Hastings
Australia: Backpacking, Discovery and Alcohol - Our Two Month Jaunt Australia will always remain to in my memory as the place where I truly understood what people meant when they referred to the following points: * Being a traveller and not a tourist; and * "Roughing it" So far going on holiday usually referred to a 2-week trip to a sunny clime a couple of hours away, full of Britons intent on ruining our reputation as a nation without competent dentistry and replacing it as a realm of boisterous yobs. Nothing wrong with that, of course. Learning how to be a [View Full Entry]
Bobcat - Gem Seddon | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=256493] | 2008-03-16 00:55:38
By Bobcat
March 16th 2008
March 16th 2008
Week Nine: Arriving in Auckland, Endless bus journeys, Hastings, and Apples as Far as the Eye Can See!
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hawkes Bay » Hastings
After spending our last couple of days in Cairns wandering aimlessly, drinking a lot of coffee and trying to avoid the heat we headed to the airport on Sunday 24th February six hours early for our flight. Well, there’s usually something to do at the airport. Cairns International Terminal has about two flights per day. Ours wasn’t until 22:50 therefore nothing was open. I’d hoped to grab a coffee, scope out duty free for some cheap Jack Daniels and mooch about. The terminal was practically deserted save for a Kiwi guy who chatted amiably to us until we were allowed to [View Full Entry]
Bobcat - Gem Seddon | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 2 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=256494] | 2008-03-16 00:58:45