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3 April 2010
We drove from Picton to Hokitika today to set ourselves up for the glaciers tomorrow. The road trip would have been 5 hours non-stop but naturally we stopped a little bit to take in the scenic beauty. We picked up a hitch hiker Phil from Germany who was bound for Greymouth (in our direction). He […]
2 April 2010
It was meant to be an early morning start out of Auckland but we found out that the flight to Blenheim on the bigger plane was full …. one of the complications of using staff standby tickets. We managed to get on the 11:15 flight on a smaller and fully-packed aircraft, affording us a leisurely […]
28 November 2009
In the morning we wandered around admiring Dunedin’s beautiful old buildings including the railway station. We broke for a snack at the markets near the station which sold many home-made goodies, savoury and sweet. Text continues after this gallery. In the afternoon (yes, a strange time to start), we were picked up to […]
27 November 2009
While Christchurch is the most English city in New Zealand, Dunedin is the most Scottish … it is referred to as the Edinburgh of the southern hemisphere. Dunedin’s airport is rather far from the city but fortunately there is competition amongst the shuttle providers and I managed to prebook a very cheap transfer service which […]
27 November 2009
With Marie (my friend and overseas visitor) here, I thought I’d join her in Dunedin for the weekend. I’ve always wanted to go to the Royal Albatross Colony. After a full day at work, I headed out to the airport to fly down to Dunedin on Air New Zealand’s ex-Indonesian aircraft. I could tell because […]
27 October 2009
The weather in New Norcia cleared and we were finally able to admire the exterior of the town’s buildings. Text continues after this gallery. Driving down from new Norcia to Perth Airport, we had a couple of hours to kill. We called into McDonald’s for free internet and realised that our flight scheduled […]
26 October 2009
The 0500 arrival into Perth meant that we’d have trouble resting our sleep-deprived heads in a hotel unless we paid for the night before. Because of this, we drove straight to New Norcia, less than 2 hours outside of Perth. For a combination of reasons, we still arrived at New Norcia Hotel too early at […]
6 October 2009
With the 5 hour time difference between Auckland and Perth I was out of the hostel at 7am and caught up with a friend Carla for a juice at 8:15! With a bit of wandering around to follow, I checked out of the hostel by the required time of 10am and spent most of the […]
5 October 2009
As a solo traveller in Perth, I had to relive my youth at the backpackers, specifically one called 1201 East. It was too expensive for me to stay in a hotel, being just one person. It was good to know that I can still feel at home in shared accommodation with shared facilities. It will […]