Blogs from Wanganui, Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 4

Day 11 We have spent the last couple of days trying to survive major storms! We have called ourselves The Storm Runners rather than storm chasers! In Christchurch after we wrote our last blog the weather got really bad and we heard that the road we had just come down (the major state highway 1) had been closed due to land slips, so we were lucky that we got through when we did. It rained all night AGAIN, and we were woken in the night with a 'glug glug' sound, we leapt up because we thought we were floating but it was the sewage disposal over flowing and was something else floating not us!!!!! we woke up in the morning to floods and at reception they informed us that christchurch was cut off so we couldn't ... read more

Ya hace un poco mas de un mes que estamos de vuelta en nuestra querida Argentina "readaptandonos". El regreso fue complicado pero deseado. Nos esperaban en casa de mis padres TOOOOODA la familia y amigos con una pata asada, fernet y melón!!!!!!!! Menos más que los vuelos sólo se retrasaron algunas horas (y no un dia) y no nos perdimos ni los invitados ni la rica comida. Pero volviendo a nuestro ESPECTACULAR viaje por Nueva Zelanda.... En esta entrada comienza nuestro viaje al sur, a la ISLA DEL SUR. Alquilamos un auto y Russ y Steph nos prestaron carpa, colchon inflable, mesa y sillas, cocina de campamento y heladerita para que viajaramos cómodos. ¡Gracias Russ y Steph! Partimos el Viernes 25 de Enero con rumbo a Wellington donde tomariamos el ferry que nos cruzaria a ... read more

Wangauni has been an amazing place to see and experiance. Even getting the last possible chance to take the day skiing on whakapapa (phonetically colourful, wh's are pronounced f's!) was fantastic. Unfortunatly I learned that my back is possibly similar to that of 900 year old Yoda, the difference being that I seem to lack the force needed for some smooth runs. An old injury returning with enough kick to remind me that indeed, my powers are weak, old man. This has resulted in me having to be very dsciplined to spend an hour each morning doing the excersizes that I should have been doing for the last 6 months. The joys of that for the next 6 months! Video links: Windy wanganui Katie Broon frae Scolan! At my time with the Chronical artists I was ... read more

I used to share a studio with Craig Winton in Edinburgh for a few years. He moved back out to His home in Wanganui a year ago with Amanda and their two Girls, Ella and Ruby. Upon making contact from Auckland I was kinda ordered down to see them both. So, booked the bus and made my way... 8 hours in and there was the familar face of my old friend waiting to pick me up. Craig and Amanda have a wonderful location in an equally wonderful place, and I was welcomed into a very artisitic community with open arms pretty instantly. Craigs place is set on the hill above Wanganui and has a fantastic view, or so he kept telling me, every day. For it seems if I wanted to come to NZ for the ... read more

After our adventures at Tongariro it was with great relief that we would be spending the next couple of days with some home comforts thanks to the kind hospitality of Miles & Inky the dog. Miles is a relative of my mate Rory. We stayed with Miles & Inky for two nights having arrived early in the evening after a terrific drive down from Tongariro. Apparently the locals hate the windy roads, but I love em!! The scenery was amazing, typical New Zealand countryside with big rolling hills and pretty meadows filled with grazing cows & sheep. We even had the pleasure of getting stuck in the middle of a sheep stampede! The evening we arrived Miles treated us to a really delicious roast lamb meal over a couple glasses of wine. We talked about the ... read more