Blogs from Wanaka, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 10

Day 12 – Friday 25th of March Before we left Queenstown we did had two more items to tick off our to-do list. The amazing indoor minigolf and Fergburger. A few days ago we noticed an indoor minigolf right across the road from our camp site and thought we’d inspect. It was just like you see in the movies, real American style minigolf. It had mechanical obstacles. Everything opened, closed, make noises, spaceships lifting off, mines exploding. Gondolas carried your ball to the top, through tunnels, over bridges, down rivers.....was AMAZING! Next stop was for lunch. We were NOT leaving Queenstown without trying the world famous in NZ – Fergburger! We were most definitely not disappointed. Matt had the Cock Cajun burger – a chicken burger marinated in a spicy Cajun marinade and served with the ... read more

South Island road trip week 3: Makarora - a place to camp on the edge of Mount Aspiring National Park Lake Hawea - a DoC $6 campsite on the edge of Lake Hawea. BEAUTIFUL views, right on a rocky beach, but tons of bees flying around my ouzo. Wanaka - an awesome slightly heady lake town filled with boutiques, bars, the coolest movie theater ive been to, hikes, and bike rides. Tarras - a 3 building town which is home of the most famous New Zealand sheep, Shrek Lindis Valley - a DoC free campsite at the location of an old gold rush hotel in ruins. Our last big night with tenty so it was partytime. ... read more

Sunday February 20th When will I learn? The answer to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle, they're on TV! ……. Homer S. The rest of the story. Before turning in Jo called the Menlove’s and asked that they call which she did about 11:30. Sounding a little out of it and not really apologetic she said she was booked for the night but did have my info somewhere. The next morning she called back, very apologetic explaining that she had in fact screwed up. Jo told her I would just be staying with her. Moving along… So Today Jo took me on a ride up the Matukituki River Valley. At the end of the road we took a short walk to the obligatory swinging bridge that leads to the start of the areas ... read more

The above panorama is from Jackson Bay looking back towards Haast 7th February - 13th February 2011 Its been hard getting motivated to write these blogs at the moment. Its not like we aren't doing anything – we are busy every day. Its just that travelling round our own country is so different than travelling somewhere else, somewhere different, that we don't really feel like we are on holiday. We certainly don't feel like tourists (though we don't like to think of ourselves as tourists wherever we go) as here we speak the same language, drive the same, use the same money (no need to worry about foreign currency transaction charges), the shops are the same, the food is the same. We are far from bored, we are loving the time away with Samara, loving exploring ... read more

Tid til at skrive lidt igen : ) Efter vandreturen paa Queen Charlotte boede jeg en nat mere paa The Villa i Picton, hvor turen startede fra. Jeg tror, det er mit favorithostel indtil videre, selv om konkurrencen kan vaere skarp. I Picton startede jeg en temmelig graenseoverskridende aktivitet. Jeg lejede en bil. De koerer i den "forkerte" side af vejen her nede. Det proever jeg saa ogsaa paa. Lige med det samme, var det meget maerkeligt, men det blev forholdsvis hurtigt naturligt at skifte gear med venstre haand osv. Jeg tror maaske, at jeg efterhaanden ikke koerer ret meget ringere end der hjemme. Jeg startede tidligt fra PIcton i min "nye" bil, og koerte gennem et stort vinomraade, mens morgentaagen loeftede sig i bjergene bagved vinstokkene. Efterhaanden foerte vejen op i bjergene og fulgte en ... read more