Blogs from Nelson, Nelson Region, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 24

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Nelson Region » Nelson April 18th 2006

Finally got some glorious sunshine so me, Carling and James (nice geordie guy) went for a wander. We stroll through town and out to the harbour area, was such a sunny day, as we headed back in to town James escaped before we took him shopping!...Well....window shopping. We visited the 'bead gallery' where there was thousands of beands...was totally rammed with them, and some very bonny jewellery too...not very exciting. After lunch I took the 20 minute stroll to the centre of New Zealand, in the rain...short lived sunshine. Wasnt that remarkable, no incredible view but at least ive been! In the evening we went out to sample the night life...which was dead. We found an irish bar for a few drinks, a few games of pool then Jack, Zoe and I headed back while the ... read more

Oh sunny sunny nelson

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Nelson Region » Nelson April 17th 2006

littleramwell

ok o its still pissing it down and still nothin much is open!! help!!! Carling and I went for a stroll, explored the little city, looked in shop windows and then resorted to the cinema! Saw 'Failure to Launch' Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew McConoughey falling instantly in love in oh so realistic fashion. highly amusing rom com but not a great way to spend the day. We had a few drinks and played cards with some of the girls off the bus. Love playing cards its an ace way to get chatting to people!!! Mary and Zoe played, as did Jack, they are travellin together and are such sweet people!... read more

Prince Albert's Apple Crumble!

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Nelson Region » Nelson April 16th 2006

littleramwell

Bussed it to Nelson today via Picton where we collected a load of people from the ferry who had doen the north island together. They have been travelling together for a few weeks and have all gotten to know each other. Nice bunch of people and the atmosphere was so friendly when they all got on! Got chatting to a canadian girl called Carling, shes lovely and seems to want to do similar things as me. We might go up on to arthurs pass from Greymouth for a few days. If the weather is ok. Most places have been shut today with it being easter Sunday and the weather isnt great in sunny Nelson...renowned for its level of sunshine...its pissing it down! Nelson is a nice little city though. We are staying at the Prince Albert ... read more

Nelson (again)

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Nelson Region » Nelson April 7th 2006

phartell

We got into Nelson a couple of hours later than planned and returned to the same hostel. This time it was totally different. The place was deserted and we got this grotty little room that was no where near as good as the last one we had. Knowing that Nelson was a pretty uneventful town we headed up the only hill in the area to get a panoramic view of the place. The rest of the evening was taken up getting boring stuff done in the town. It didn't matter that Nelson was boring as it was the starting point for the next few days - heading towards wine country!! ... read more

Nelson for the night

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Nelson Region » Nelson April 3rd 2006

phartell

Nelson was the biggest town we had been to in some time but it soon turned out to be like all the other places in New Zealand - completely full of nothing much. This isn't a bad thing it’s just that big towns aren’t very big. We checked into our hostel, Paradiso, and then went for a walk round town. We spend that night in the hostel playing pool and talking to the other people staying there. The following morning we headed towards the Abel Tasman National Park. We left Nelson in a hurry to get to Abel Tasman for the good weather. We would return to Nelson for the weekend. ... read more

From air to water...

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Nelson Region » Nelson March 16th 2006

Soobee

After our awesome skydiving day, we spent the next day on the bus getting from Taupo to Wellington. Didn't see much of Wellington but don't think we missed much, or hope we didn't anyway. Pre booked our trips for Kaikoura and so hope to do Whale Watching on Sunday and dolphin swimming on Monday. Caught the Interislander ferry from Wellington to Picton on Saturday. Weather was gorgeous so had a good, smooth crossing which was a great contrast from when I did the journey six years ago when the weather was awful and really rough. On arriving in Picton we decide to head straight to Kaikoura. Our Magic Bus ticket goes anti clockwise around the south island finishing in Christchurch so we could do Kaikoura at the end of our trip, however all the guide books ... read more

Where is My Boat?

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Nelson Region » Nelson March 9th 2006

Wal Ho!

Robert F

On the way to Abel Tasman National Park we came across some nice places in Nelson Bay. One night we camped next to a beach. In the morning we discovered all kinds of wounderful subjects in the sunrise.... read more

Up the Proverbial Creek without a Pedal

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Nelson Region » Nelson March 1st 2006

Anakiwa - Lunch Stop

NatnKate

In the words of Catherine Tate's nan ... "WELL!!!" But it's OK. We're alive. We survived. You might not have been worried but for a while we didn't think we'd ever see you again. Here's the tale of Wednesday 1 March in our own words ... An energetic day in store - "3-in-1 Adventure Day" along the Marlborough Sounds (Queen Charlotte Sound to be precise). Jet-skiing, sea-kayaking and mountain biking. Grand. Left our oasis of calm at 7am and drove to Picton to meet up with Nigel (owner) and Craig (guide) who were to be our sole companions for the day. Kitted up in wetsuits again (could almost grow to like them - not) and off to the harbour for adventure #1: jet-skiing, a first for both of us. Whoooopeeeeee. Fun. Lots of. And a baptism ... read more

Special Anniversary Blog - WE ARE 50!

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Nelson Region » Nelson February 27th 2006

The mystery of twilight in the Cut

Eggs on Legs

Well looky here - can you believe that we've been on the road for so long that we've managed to clock up 50 blogs? Nuts coconuts! But y'know - this old blog thing is a bit on the strange side. There's a definite voyeuristic quality attached to it in that all you lovely readers can see what we've been up to - photo's and all - yet we don't quite know who's been tuning in to each 'episode' as it were. Sure, we can see who's subscribed however, outwith the the stats on our home page (currently sitting at about 7850 hits) and email comms etc, we have little clues about who's making up our numbers. So....... we were thinking....just for this particular special edition..... how's about we go INTERACTIVE? Us Eggs are hoping that if ... read more

Day 78 - ferry to Picton, car to Nelson

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Nelson Region » Nelson February 20th 2006

Ferry

aroundtheworldin240days

An odd night as I was woken by a guy climbing out of the window of the hostel room onto an adjoining roof where he stood in a howling wind dressed only in his boxers for what I can only guess was to have a smoke! We get the ferry to the South Island. The journey was ok, taking about 3 hours, but it was very windy which masked the heat and we ended up sunburnt. We were also too busy looking at the impressive scenery of the Marlborough Sounds as the ferry punted it's last leg to Picton. We arrived just in time to pick up the rental car from Ace Rentals. I have to say that my first impressions were bad, a rubbish old Toyota Corolla that had over 200,000 kms on the clock, ... read more

Brief history of New Zealand

The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year...more history

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