Latest Blog Posts for My New Zealand Campervan Trip

• 10 Things to Do in Dunedin
  on Oct 3, 2013 in Uncategorized Baldwin Street beer chocolate Dunedin New Zealand NZ car hire NZ wildlife Otago Otago Peninsula South Island to do in Dunedin
  Dunedin is a cool city. Little yet lively, it’s filled with old (for New Zealand) buildings that overlook the spectacular Otago Harbour, embraced by rolling, emerald hills – the rim of an extinct volcano. I recently spent ten days there … C...
• Christchurch
  on Sep 15, 2013 in Uncategorized botanical gardens cathedral Christchurch death toll earthquake recovery holiday natural disaster New Zealand The Chalice
  The whole world heard about the Christchurch earthquakes. The first one came on September 4th, 2010, damaging many of the city’s older buildings and leaving residents without power or clean water for days. There were no fatalities, however, (unless...
• Rotorua
  on Sep 15, 2013 in Uncategorized geysers Government Gardens hot pools Kuirau Park mud pools New Zealand Rotorua Rotorua Museun steam vents sulphur The Luge
  Rotorua is one of the most exciting tourist destinations in New Zealand despite the fact that it smells like rotten eggs! This is because Rotorua is a city bubbling with geothermal activity: hot pools, mud pools and geysers release hydrogen … C...
• Awhitu
  on Sep 15, 2013 in Uncategorized Auckland Regional Council Awhitu beach campground immigration New Zealand picnic Waiuku
  There’s one place in New Zealand that I’ll remember fondly forever, somewhere my family always went for picnics when we first arrived here, the place that taught a bitter, homesick ten-year-old how wonderful it is to live in New Zealand: …...
• Climbing the Pinnacles, a.k.a. The Worst Experience of my Life!
  on Sep 15, 2013 in Uncategorized camping climbing Coromandel DOC hut long drops mountains New Zealand Thames The Pinnacles tramping
  When I was a teenager, my family took a lot of trips around our adopted country, and I did my fair share of teenaged complaining. When we were travelling around New Zealand in a campervan, for example, I complained that I … Continue reading &#...
• Mount Maunganui
  on Sep 15, 2013 in Uncategorized Bay of Plenty beach hot pools kayaking Mount Maunganui New Zealand resort surfing Tauranga
  Like Mount Fujiyama and the River Avon, New Zealand’s Mount Maunganui has a tautological name: it literally means Mount Big Mountain. Officially, it’s supposed to be called Mauao, but no one can say that, so everyone just calls it The … Con...
• Taieri Gorge
  on Sep 15, 2013 in Uncategorized Dunedin gorge New Zealand New Zealand campervan holiday Otago railway Taieri Gorge tourism train
  I was just looking through some family photos from ten years ago and was reminded of how pretty Taieri Gorge is. Of course, for me, it could never measure up to Karangahake, but my experience of Taieri was completely different: it … Continue r...
• Auckland: What To Do in New Zealand’s Largest City for Free
  on Sep 15, 2013 in Uncategorized Auckland free must-see places New Zealand travel trips
  If you’re coming for a holiday in New Zealand, chances are you’ll be landing in Auckland. It’s New Zealand’s biggest city, but not the capital – that’s Wellington. Auckland is where I live – where I chose to come for … Continue re...
• Waitomo Caves
  on Sep 15, 2013 in Uncategorized glowworms New Zealand underground river Waitomo Caves
  Growing up in Britain, I visited some pretty magical places – the Lake District, Tintagel, Lindisfarne – but there’s one place in New Zealand that out-magics them all: Waitomo Caves. Waitomo’s in the Waikato Region, south of Auckland. It didn...
• Karangahake Gorge
  on Sep 15, 2013 in Uncategorized campervan park caves Karangahake Gorge New Zealand railway river ruins tunnels
  An hour and a half south-east of Auckland, on State Highway 2 between Paeroa and Waihi, lies one of my favourite places in New Zealand to go walking: Karangahake Gorge. And last week I was lucky enough to go there … Continue reading →...

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