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Best Trip Journals for New Zealand
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Backpacking Pensioners
- Auckland
- Christchurch
- Queenstown
- Wellington
- Rotorua
- Mount Cook
- Dunedin
- Milford Sound
- Mount Tongariro
- Invercargill
- Whangarei
- Hamilton
- Franz Josef Glacier
- Tauranga
- Wanganui
- Abel Tasman National Park
- Tongariro National Park
- Nelson Lakes National Park
- Mount Cook National Park
- Egmont National Park
- Whanganui National Park
Popular Places in New Zealand
- Aramoana
- Aranga
- Arapito
- Arcadia
- Arrowtown
- Arthur Pass
- Arthur's Pass National Park
- Ashburton
- Athenree
- Auckland
- Awa-iti
- Awakeri
- Awanui
- Bainham
- Balclutha
- Barrhill
- Barrytown
- Baton
- Bay of Islands
- Baylys Beach
- Bealey
- Bell Hill
- Bennets
- Berwen
- Birch Hill
- Blenheim
- Bluff
- Brighton
- Bruce Bay
- Bulls
- Cable Bay
- Cape Reinga
- Carew
- Carters Mill
- Carterton
- Cass
- Castle Hill
- Castlepoint
- Charing Cross
- Charwell Forks
- Chaslands
- Cheviot
- Chorlton
- Christchurch
- Clarence
- Clearburn
- Clevedon
- Clyde
- Coal Creek
- Collingwood
- Colville
- Coopers Creek
- Coroglen
- Coromandel
- Craigieburn
- Culverden
- Dannevirke
- Dargaville
- Devenport
- Dipton
- Domett
- Doubtful Sound
- Dunedin
- Earnscleugh
- Edgecumbe
- Egmont National Park
- Enderby Island
- Ethelton
- Fairlie
- Fern Flat
- Fiordland National Park
- Fox Glacier
- Frankton
- Franz Josef
- Franz Josef Glacier
- Gisborne
- Gladstone
- Glendhu
- Glenorchy
- Glentanner
- Goose Bay
- Great Barrier Island
- Greymouth
- Haast
- Hahei
- Haldane
- Half-Moon Bay
- Hamilton
- Hamilton City
- Hamner Springs
- Hampden
- Hangatiki
- Hanmer
- Hanmer Springs
- Hapuku
- Harihari
- Hastings
- Hauwai
- Havelock
- Hawea Flat
- Hawera
- Helensville
- Herriot
- Hicks Bay
- Hokitika
- Honikiwi
- Hororata
- Houpoto
- Huarau
- Hundalee
- Invercargill
- Kaeaea
- Kahurangi National Park
- Kai Iwi
- Kaihu
- Kaikora
- Kaikoura
- Kaingaroa
- Kaitaia
- Kaitaratahi
- Kaka Point
- Karamea
- Karamu
- Kawerau
- Kawhia
- Kekerangu
- Kekerengu
- Kenepuru Head
- Kennedys Bay
- Kerikeri
- Kikiwa
- Kinohaku
- Kiritehere
- Kohukohu
- Koiterangi
- Kongahu
- Kopuawhara
- Korakonui
- Kuaotunu
- Lake Coleridge
- Lake Pukaki
- Lake Rotoiti
- Lake Tekapo
- Lake Waikaremoana
- Langridge
- Langs Beach
- Le Bons Bay
- Leamington
- Leigh
- Lindis Pass
- Linkwater
- Little River
- Lowburn
- Lower Hutt
- Luggate
- Lyttelton
- Mackenzie
- Mahinapua
- Mahitahi
- Mahunga
- Maihiihi
- Mairoa
- Maitahi
- Makarora
- Makarora Wharf
- Makeokeo
- Maketu
- Manaia
- Manapouri
- Mangamauna
- Mangaweka
- Mangawhai
- Mangere
- Mangonui
- Manukau
- Manukau City
- Mapiu
- Marokopa
- Maropiu
- Martinborough
- Maruia Springs
- Masons Flat
- Masterton
- Matakana
- Matakohe
- Matamata
- Matata
- Matauri Bay
- Matawhero
- Maungapohatu
- Maungawera
- Mendip Hills
- Methven
- Milford Sound
- Mina
- Miranda
- Moa Flat
- Moana
- Moawhango
- Moeraki
- Moerangi
- Mokai
- Mokau
- Mokoreta
- Molesworth
- Mosgiel
- Mossburn
- Motueka
- Motueka
- Motunau
- Motupiko
- Motupipi
- Mount Aspiring National Park
- Mount Cook
- Mount Cook National Park
- Mount Egmont
- Mount Gerald Station
- Mount Maunganui
- Mount Sefton
- Mount Somers
- Mount Tongariro
- Murchison
- Napier
- Nelson
- Nelson City
- Nelson Lakes National Park
- New Plymouth
- New Plymouth City
- Newton Flat
- Ngataki
- Ngatapa
- Ngawi
- Ngutunui
- Northcote
- Oamaru
- Oaro
- Oban
- Ohau
- Ohinepaka
- Ohoka
- Ohope Beach
- Okaihau
- Okains Bay
- Okarito
- Okuru
- Omana
- Omapere
- Omarama
- Omihi
- Onekaka
- Oneroa
- Onetangi
- Oparara
- Opononi
- Opotiki
- Opotiki
- Opua
- Oranoa
- Orere Point
- Orewa
- Oruanui
- Otaki
- Otaki Beach
- Otangihaku
- Otara
- Otekura
- Otorohanga
- Overdale
- Owaka
- Owhiro
- Paekakariki
- Paeroa
- Pahia
- Paihia
- Pakawau
- Pakiri
- Palmerston North
- Pandora
- Panguru
- Papamoa
- Papatowai
- Parakai
- Paraparaumu
- Parenga
- Paretai
- Parnassus
- Parua Bay
- Patea
- Patuki
- Paturau River
- Patutahi
- Pauanui
- Pawarenga
- Pembroke
- Picton
- Pigeon Bay
- Piha
- Pipiriki
- Pirongia
- Plimmerton
- Poroporo
- Port Chalmers
- Port Charles
- Port Craig
- Port Fitzroy
- Port Waikato
- Portobello
- Pounawea
- Pouto
- Puaha
- Pukeinoi
- Pukekohe East
- Pukenui
- Puketotara
- Punakaiki
- Puponga
- Putangahau
- Queensberry
- Queenstown
- Raglan
- Rakaia Gorge
- Rakiura National Park
- Ranfurly
- Ranganui
- Rangiora
- Rangiputa
- Rangitaiki
- Rangitukia
- Rawene
- Renwick
- Riverton
- Rockville
- Rotorua
- Ruatoria
- Ruawai
- Russell
- Saint Arnaud
- Saint Patricks
- Scargill
- Seddon
- Shag Point
- Shelly Beach
- Sherwood Downs
- Silverhope
- Skippers
- Snares Islands
- Spotswood
- Springs Junction
- Staveley
- Stewart Island
- Stratford
- Tahorakui
- Taihape
- Tairua
- Takaka
- Takapuna
- Tapawera
- Tapuwae
- Tarakohe
- Tasman
- Taumarunui
- Taupo
- Tauranga
- Tautuku
- Tawhiti
- Te Anau
- Te Anga
- Te Araroa
- Te Aroha West
- Te Kaha
- Te Kao
- Te Kawa
- Te Mahia
- Te Paki
- Te Pirita
- Te Rerenga
- Tekapo
- Thames
- The Key
- Thornton
- Timaru
- Tinopai
- Tirohanga
- Tokanui
- Tokomaru Bay
- Tolaga Bay
- Tongariro
- Tongariro National Park
- Tormore
- Totaranui
- Tryphena
- Tuai
- Tuatapere
- Turangi
- Tutukaka
- Twizel
- Upper Hutt
- Upper Shotover
- Uruwhenua
- Utiku
Places in New Zealand
Sep 7, 2010 - New Zealand Here I Come!!!!!!
Hey Everyone Well my 2 YEARS in Australia has just about ended and it is time for me to leave.Hey Everyone Well my 2 YEARS in Australia has just about ended and it is time for me to leave....
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Sep 4, 2010 - NZ - Queenstown
What a choc full week in Queenstown! And best of all spending some time with Damian and Dale :) Hot Chocolated out!! Sad to say but I have little words today to express everything that I got up to! I am tired and not well adjusted to travel! Better get used to it hey! I did the Luge with Dale both of us discovering we were not fans of chair lifts around the same time! Paraponting was fantastic but came with another chair lift ride. ... then there was Milford Sounds and Skippers Canyon and they are my three top picks if you are looking to do the best you can do in Queenstown. ...
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Sep 4, 2010 - NZ - Christchurch
Well sad to say I flew in and went to my room and slept.Well sad to say I flew in and went to my room and slept....
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Aug 10, 2010 - Drenched In Kaikoura
I managed the 6. We had a banana for breakfast on the coast and I really wish I hadn't, because I literally felt like I was going to "chunder everywheeeere" the whole drive to Kaikoura. ... The road finally straightened out and I fell asleep for a bit and then we reached Kaikoura. ... The weather was horrific and it'd been raining all day, so the whale watching and all the swimming with the dolphins and stuff was cancelled.I managed the 6. We had a banana for breakfast on the coast and I really wish I hadn't, because I literally felt like I was going to "chunder everywheeeere" the whole drive to Kaikoura. ... The road finally straightened out and I fell asleep for a bit and then we reached Kaikoura. ... The weather was horrific and it'd been raining all day, so the whale watching and all the swimming with the dolphins and stuff was cancelled....
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Aug 7, 2010 - Rugby Haka At Christchurch
It was going to be a long day on the road to Christchurch, and I finally said goodbye to Base in Queenstown, which probably ended up being a second home to me as I'd stayed there for so long, at 8. ... On the way to Christchurch we also watched Public Enemies with Johnny Depp and then Happy Gilmore. ... We made it to Christchurch, checked into Base and I bought 4 tickets for the All Blacks Vs Australia game on Saturday which included the bus there and back and 2 free drinks in Base bar. ... The next day we walked through town to the Christchurch Art Gallery and left shortly afterwards for the Canterbury Museum where they had a lot about the Moa bird, they had an Egyptian mummy and they had this replica of a house that belonged to this old couple who completed decorated the place with Paua shell that the husband used to collect and shine up, it turned into a big tourist attraction. ... We went down to the bar for our two free drinks and my friend Rachel who I met on my Southern Thailand Soujourn trip in May, came out and joined us to say hello, because she's now living and working in Christchurch and it was really good to see her. ...
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Aug 3, 2010 - Bay of Islands and Cape Reinga
I travelled up to Paihia yesterday and spent the afternoon watching videos as the weather was awful. Today however we went on a coach trip up to Cape Reinga and 90 mile beach (which is actually only 50 miles long!) The coach drove along the beach and up a stream where we could all go sandboarding on body boards down the dunes. ... We also go to see the point where the Tasman Sea and Pacific Ocean meet as well as a sign post to London! Most of the day, however, was spent sitting on the coach and looking at the rain! Last day in NZ tomorrow.I travelled up to Paihia yesterday and spent the afternoon watching videos as the weather was awful. Today however we went on a coach trip up to Cape Reinga and 90 mile beach (which is actually only 50 miles long!) The coach drove along the beach and up a stream where we could all go sandboarding on body boards down the dunes. ... We also go to see the point where the Tasman Sea and Pacific Ocean meet as well as a sign post to London! Most of the day, however, was spent sitting on the coach and looking at the rain! Last day in NZ tomorrow....
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Aug 3, 2010 - Back To Queenstown
The next day Jodie who we'd met in Australia was to arrive in Queenstown! She'd done a bungy jump on the stop in and was very excited to tell Harriette and me about it and show us her DVD on the PC. ... I don't think I could ever do one, so it was really great of her to get over her fear and just jump! So of course we took Jodie to Ferg Burger - I had one called Little Lamby, with lamb and minted sauce and whatnot.The next day Jodie who we'd met in Australia was to arrive in Queenstown! She'd done a bungy jump on the stop in and was very excited to tell Harriette and me about it and show us her DVD on the PC. ... I don't think I could ever do one, so it was really great of her to get over her fear and just jump! So of course we took Jodie to Ferg Burger - I had one called Little Lamby, with lamb and minted sauce and whatnot....
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Aug 2, 2010 - The fish of a lifetime
The other weekend Bec and I woke for an early morning fishing mission with my buddy Andrew.The other weekend Bec and I woke for an early morning fishing mission with my buddy Andrew....
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Aug 1, 2010 - Big Waves & Waterfalls At Milford Sound
The morning of Milford Sound we left Invercargill at 7. ... Bottom Bus was heading straight back to Queenstown with Becky as she'd already done her Milford Sound trip. ... Finally off the coach at the Milford Sound ferry port after at least 4 hours and the driver handed out all our tickets. ... The room was full of information photo boards about the history of Milford Sound and all that palava. ...
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Aug 1, 2010 - Auckland (again)
We left Mt M this morning and headed back to the largest city in NZ - where all of us are flying out from. They also had a volcano exhibition as Auckland is built on over 600 volcanoes (not active). ... I'm not actually staying in Auckland until my flight on Wednesday but heading up to the Bay of Islands for a couple of days. ... 9 more days to go.We left Mt M this morning and headed back to the largest city in NZ - where all of us are flying out from. They also had a volcano exhibition as Auckland is built on over 600 volcanoes (not active). ... I'm not actually staying in Auckland until my flight on Wednesday but heading up to the Bay of Islands for a couple of days. ... 9 more days to go....
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Jul 31, 2010 - Free Bar Tab In Invercargill
After we departed Dunedin we headed to Kaka Point where the pub there puts on a special Bottom Bus deal where you can have anything you like off the menu in a toasted sandwich for $6. Pretty cool! We finally, finally made it to Invercargill around 7pm and checked into Tautara lodge with a pub right next to it. ... Then the Southland Invercargill rugby team came into the pub to watch the match and the coach came around the tables with a pink jug asking everyone if they wanted to put $2 in for a sweepstake on the match. ... I told him I didn't have a spare $2 and probably wouldn't stay until the match of the end anyway - so he said to put ourselves on their team bar tab so we could stay until the end - Poms charm works a treat! What turned into a quiet night was a late one.After we departed Dunedin we headed to Kaka Point where the pub there puts on a special Bottom Bus deal where you can have anything you like off the menu in a toasted sandwich for $6. Pretty cool! We finally, finally made it to Invercargill around 7pm and checked into Tautara lodge with a pub right next to it. ... Then the Southland Invercargill rugby team came into the pub to watch the match and the coach came around the tables with a pink jug asking everyone if they wanted to put $2 in for a sweepstake on the match. ... I told him I didn't have a spare $2 and probably wouldn't stay until the match of the end anyway - so he said to put ourselves on their team bar tab so we could stay until the end - Poms charm works a treat! What turned into a quiet night was a late one....
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Jul 31, 2010 - Mt Maunganui
After leaving Napier we made a couple of waterfall stops before heading on to Wai O Tapu Thermal Wonderland.After leaving Napier we made a couple of waterfall stops before heading on to Wai O Tapu Thermal Wonderland....
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