Blogs from Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 41

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, Time for an update.......from the nice city of Dunedin! Inmiddels al weer langer dan 4 maanden weg van huisje holland.....De tijd gaat erg snel! Na m'n tijd in le bons ben ik verder gereisd naar de Westcoast. En dat niet met zoiets als de bus....nee met de Transalpine! Het was echt een supermooie treinreis door de laaglanden, over rivieren, langs en door bergen, en over Arthurs pass! Daar heb ik ook nog ff een paar dagen doorgebracht, in het mini plaatsje midden in de bergen en wat wandelingen gedaan....door bos en langs watervallen! Eenmaal aangekomen aan de westcoast ben ik een stukje noordwaarts gegaan, naar Punakaiki! Ik zat in een erg leuk hostel aan het strand en vlakbij de pancake rocks! Het was erg mooi met veel bijzondere rotsformaties, limestone, dat ... read more

Route: Queenstown - Manapouri - Clifton - Invercargill - Slope Point - Tautuku - Pounawea - kaka point - Dunedin Miles: 270 Parenting: On the road parenting is extremely difficult. You have so little to bargain with, there is no naughty step and every run in with your child is in a public space, so you are always trying to avoid any hint of a tantrum, tears or screaming - especially on campsites where people expect a peaceful holiday. Most of the time the girls are great and they engage with anyone willing to have a chat or play with them - just for a change from us I am sure. But when things go wrong it is really challenging and fluffy bribery has become a daily mantra. The girls have also become very feral ... read more

After an acceptable breakfast at the B&B we headed out to pay a visit to the local Starbucks. Two flat whites and a suitable picture later (no Dunedin mugs though), we headed over to the Cadbury’s factory for a tour. As you can imagine, a tour of a chocolate factory cannot fail to delight anyone under the age of 13 and our children were no exception (Astrid was keen too). Unfortunately, as it was a holiday, the tour was somewhat abbreviated (the factory itself not being in operation). We were able to see the largest chocolate waterfall in action (a ton of chocolate is dropped about a 100 feet inside an old silo allowing small splashes of chocolate to rain down on the gathered crowd). After leaving the factory with a stash of chocolate (both free ... read more

sorry everyone, Travelblog crashed reciently and lost the text information for this blog. Luckly the pictures were saved. Until we recover the text, you might have to just browse the pictures for now and guess at where we were and what we were doing. (the pictures are the good part anyway) ... read more

UntitledUntitled Hey All, Sorry it has been a bit since I last posted. Since my last posting of my crazy sky diving adventure I have remain feet firmly planted on the ground in Dunedin. I have spent the past two weeks actually doing the first assignments that I have had in New Zealand, which I suppose isn’t too bad as mid-semester break begins tomorrowJ. Thrown in the middle there was my 21st! That is right, as Erica put it, “ I am officially allowed to drink in a country I will not be in for the next three months”. Well I had quite the celebration. I had a really nice day and met up with my friend Jo from the camp I used to work at, who was down at Otago for her graduation from Otago’s ... read more