Blogs from Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 14

url='/Videos/2398.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2398.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Lugeurl='/Videos/2384.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2384.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Ledge Swing Queenstown.....it's hit me hard on the old budget but it's one hell of a place. The main chunk going on the Nevis Highwire Bungy and the Ledge Swing. For the bungy, myself and Richie; an Irish lad I've been travelling for the last 2 weeks; decided to dress up as Batman and Robin Hood for the laugh. I managed to find some green tights, black pants and belt, green top and hat from a costume shop nearby. Don't think the meat and 2 veg appreciated it too much though cos it was a bit tight round the crotchal area. Still, it made a funny sight for folk as we walked down the street to the bungy centre to get picked up. The site is about 40mins out of town in ... read more

After a quite long drive up to the land of the turquoise lakes we passed a couple water power plants. Then we stopped at Lake Pukaki where we enjoyed the view to the snow covered Mount Cook. That was actually the closest view we got, due to an unfortunate lack of time. We exspected to find the mirror like Lake Tekapo, but it was just bad luck, that the day we were there was a bloody windy day. So we climbed up the nearest Mountain... Mount John. Up on the Summit we stumbled across the Astro Cafe operated by the Observatory of the University of Canterbury. Once we reached the terasse we didn't really think of stars, cause it was daytime, but rather of the massive battle scene from Middle Earth. The scene was shot just ... read more

Off to the South Island Well Friday was my last day at work, last day at GVN, last day in Petone and after 6 months I was leaving Wellington. I can't believe I have been six months in New Zealand. It really has flown by. But then when I think what I have been doing 6 months doesn't seem like enough time to fit it all in. So Friday I flew down to Christchurch, can I just tell you that wellington airport on a Friday night is a great place to be. There was a whole hockey team there flying somewhere. Nice way to start the holiday! Got to Christchurch and jumped into a shuttle to meet mum. This was a bit of an adventure but I won't bore you with the details. Was great to ... read more

Hi Everyone Well we are back again, been awhile since we have managed to update the blog but its been difficult to find the time with all this site seeing to do. With spent our last day in oz sunning our selfs on bondi beach then getting ready for our trip to new zealand. The flight was good only a couple of hours so that was nice we stayed at a local motel and they were really lovely. We have decided to hire a car and tour around both islands so we can try and get to see as much as possible. When we went to collect the car they apologised but it was not available but they would let us have an 8 seater people carrier for the same price so we were not complaining ... read more

From Dunedin we started to make a bit of a marathon journey to reach the north island in two days. Naturally the first stop for the bus was the steepest bloomin street in the world - agh, we couldnt believe the bus took us there, all that walking for nothing! Anyway, onwards and outwards back into the beautiful scenery NZ has to offer. The bus journeys in the south island constantly provided us with amazing views, we never bored of them because at times they were simply awe-inspiring, varying from Hobbiton rolling hills, flat farming land with large deer farms to treacherous snow capped peaks covered in glaciers and expansive lakes that reflect the colour of the sky. The bus ride to Lake Matheson was no different and there we stopped for a photo opportunity to ... read more