My Travels
In and around New Zealand
Here is a log of my travels
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Jenn Jenn
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Arrived safely...eventually!
Calories: Approx 10 x more than necessary for sitting around on bum for several hours
Alcohol:... Continue reading »
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OH MY GOD!
I jumped out of an airoplane at 12,000 feet!
WOW! This has to be the most amazing experience of my life! A tandem skydive over the beautiful... Continue reading »
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What the...?!
Just imagine - you're tucked up snug and warm in bed at 1.50am on Saturday night / Sunday morning. Suddenly, there's a noise outside that can only... Continue reading »
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Water Water Everywhere
And most of the time you'll find me in / on it!
Last Monday we got up at 5am, for yet another incredible experience - swimming with wild dolp... Continue reading »
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oooohh.....
...very sore head!
Decided that as we hadn't found time to do a wine tasting while in Nelson, we would celebrate St Patricks by doing our own... Continue reading »
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aaaahhh!
Caught the bus from Greymouth to Franz Joseph today. On the way we crossed two bridges, which are single carriageway. Our driver then p... Continue reading »
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More water
A short bus trip down the road to Fox Glacier this morning.
We were meant to be doing a half day heli-hike today - helicopter ride to the top... Continue reading »
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What time?
Up very early this morning!
Decided that we wanted to see Lake Matheson (one of the mirror lakes) at sunrise, so we nabbed two hostel bikes a... Continue reading »
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Catching up
On the bus to Dunedin today. Slept most of the way as a little tired after a late night last night! Arrived at 1.30, and chilled in the hoste... Continue reading »
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Ppppp pick up a penguin!
Left Dunedin at 8.30am, but not before walking up Baldwin Street - the world's steepest street! We were the only two people on our bus to do... Continue reading »
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Beautiful
From Oamaru we headed off to Lake Tekapo, for a nice relaxing afternoon / evening.
Lake Tekapo is beautiful, took loads of photos of the lake... Continue reading »
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Where is it?!
From Lake Tekapo we caught the Cook Express out to Mount Cook. In typical 'Jennie and Sue travelling' style, we got there and the weather was... Continue reading »
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Take my breath away.....
Wow! What can I say? I think my Fiji experience can be summed up using one word. Stunning. or Breathtaking. or Beautiful. or Amazing. o... Continue reading »
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Back to NZ
Arrived back in Christchurch on 6th April, and slightly surprised to find the weather very warm. Spent the best part of a week in Christchurch, w... Continue reading »
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"I've had the time of my life..."
Possibly the shortest blog entry so far, but I just had to share the fantastic time I had at the theatre in Auckland, when I went to see the stage s... Continue reading » -
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Jazz Club...
Caught the bus from Auckland to Tauranga on Thursday morning, a trip which takes about five hours altogether.
My main reason for coming to Ta... Continue reading »
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Shortest career ever?!
In fact does one days work even count as a career? I had been warned that the kiwi picking could be a little irregular, but one days work in a wee... Continue reading » -
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Finally!
I got up the mountain! It's only taken me a month, but to make up for it I went up twice in two days!
Last Friday there was no ki... Continue reading »
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I know birthdays get less exciting as you get older, but do they have to hurt so much?
Ok, so it's entirely my own fault, I shouldn't have drunk so much, but there we are, you only get to be 31 once!
Had a good day, kiwi picking... Continue reading »
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My shoes are not for sale!
Well, it seems like a long time since I last wrote...
Abandoned the kiwi fruit picking about four weeks ago - worked a really bad orchard one... Continue reading »
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Life's a beach!
While spring may not quite have sprung, it's definitely in the air, so it's time for a road trip.
Firstly I should introduce you all to the l... Continue reading »
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Time to hit the road
Well, after six awesome months, it's time to leave our jobs, say goodbye to all the great new friends we have made, and leave Tauranga. We've... Continue reading »
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Bay of Islands
Spent the first night of our road trip in Derek last night, at a place called Mangawhai Heads . Fantasically comfortable and both slept a lot bette... Continue reading »
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Fortunately the locals are friendly and helpful....
Drove from the Bay of Islands to Cape Reinga today. Stopped at 90 mile beach on the way, although the weather was pretty crappy so visibility... Continue reading »
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New couch anyone?
There's not a lot to say about Dargaville other than we slept in the car at Baylys Beach here!
On the way we stopped to have a look at NZ's b... Continue reading »
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Hamilton
I don't have a lot to say about Hamilton other than we stopped here for the night to catch up with Robs (our) friend Steve, and we looked around th... Continue reading »
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Ahhhh (again!)
Today we saw one of the most awesome sights I have seen in New Zealand - glow worms. Not just a few, but hundreds upon thousands of the little mite... Continue reading »
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Whoopsie!
May have got a ticket (or two) on the car this morning, whilst having breakfast. Saying no more, you never know who is reading this! The... Continue reading »
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Smelly Welly
Actually it's not but I couldn't think of anything else to call this page!
Nothing happened here, we booked the ferry (7am crossing, nice), s... Continue reading »
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Heading South
Up at 6am for the ferry crossing, which wasn't too bad at all (other than the weather was pretty lousy. Arrived just before 11 and headed south to... Continue reading »
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It's a man thing!
Woke up this morning to freezing cold and pouring rain. Headed to Hanmer Springs with the intention of going to the hotpools, ... Continue reading »
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Still beautiful
Quick trip back to Lake Tekapo today - although I had been last time I was in the south, Rob had never been and I wanted him to see it, as it's so bea... Continue reading » -
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Dunners
Off to Dunedin today, to catch up with Sam for a couple of days. He and Mervina were wonderful hosts (thanks guys), cooked us some awesome food... Continue reading » -
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They say it's the party capital....
..but not for us hungover old farts! We spent our one night in Queenstown doing our laundry and playing scrabble!
Admittedly the weather was... Continue reading »
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Brrr...
Drove from Lake Hawea to Fox Glacier, slept in the car at the beach. It was so cold overnight that we couldn't get the car started at 8am! Luckily Rob... Continue reading » -
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HOW MUCH?!
In Blenheim we stayed at the most expensive campsite ever - $28 just for a pitch (we don't even have a bloody tent!)!! However I was so tired and so d... Continue reading » -
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You gotta love the locals!
Nice early start to catch the ferry, but at least we had good weather this time, although it was a little rough.
Drove north west from Wellin... Continue reading »
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At last, a bath!
Said goodbye to Saskia and headed north east to Taupo. Had a great evening at the thermal spa - ok so it wasn't quite a bath but it was... Continue reading »
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Guy Fawkes
Quick trip back to Auckland to spend Guy Fawkes night with Peter and Miriam. Watched the most appalling film EVER - Megaladon (ok, so th... Continue reading »
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'Home'
Back to Tauranga for a couple of days to catch up with, and say goodbye to, some of the friends we have made here. It was a little strange, it felt... Continue reading »
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Ah, thanks 'Mum'
Got back to Tauranga and went to see our friends Jane & Pat for dinner, our first home cooked meal in god knows how long. Had a great night,... Continue reading » -
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Is this car four wheel drive?
A short trip up the coast to the Coromandel Peninsula for the night. Had a lovely day driving around the gorgeous towns and beaches, then wen... Continue reading »
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Fairwell New Zealand
And so back to Auckland, for one last time (well, for a while anyway). Went to Peter and Miriams, unfortunately I was feeling really unwell s... Continue reading »
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That's more like it!
Arrive at Sydney airport at 7.35am, and it's already 20 degrees outside! Liking this very much, think I could get used to it!
Unfortuna... Continue reading »
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Wildlife!
Continued our drive along the coast road. Stopped at a beach for a rest and found some wallabies sitting at the side of the road! I'm sure th... Continue reading »
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Melbourne
Finally arrived in Melbourne today. Unfortunately it wasn't quite as impressive as our arrival into Sydney, as it was cold, wet and grey!
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Let your fingers do the walking....
....or not!
After a few dodgy days between us spent waitressing, laying carpet tiles and working in a call centre, we landed the oh-so-g... Continue reading »
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Merry Christmas everyone!
Arrived in Cairns in beautiful weather, very hot and sunny. Had a couple of days in a hostel before Mum and Dad arrived, so we hired a Hyunda... Continue reading »
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And a Happy New Year!
Next stop Sydney, for the New Year. We actually stayed on the outskirts of Sydney, in Randwick, which was a 20 minute bus ride from Circular... Continue reading »
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Yes! (of course!)
As you will all be aware by now, Rob and I are engaged! This extremely exciting moment happened outside the backpackers we were staying at in... Continue reading »
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Bite me!
As much as we like Brisbane we decided that we wanted to get out and explore the Sunshine Coast, just north of the city, so we hired a car (another... Continue reading »
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See ya Aussie
So it's back to Brisbane for the last week of our Aussie adventure. We moved to a new, much nicer hostel, run by a lovely kiwi lady. It... Continue reading »
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How cold?!
Finally arrived in Vancouver after a nightmare journey - cancelled flights, delayed flights.... we arrived about ten hours after we were due, ... Continue reading »
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Victoria
From Vancouver we headed to Victoria, on Vancouver Island, for a few days. Victoria is similar in many ways to Vancouver, although much... Continue reading »
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OK, now it's cold!
Arrived in Banff after a 13 hour bus ride through the snow covered mountains, to discover the true meaning of cold - minus 15 degrees! Howeve... Continue reading »
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Sure is tall!
From Banff we flew to Toronto, a bit of a long day, but a little quicker (and cheaper) than spending three days on the bus getting there!
Tor... Continue reading »
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That's a lot of (frozen) water
Niagara is a short bus ride from Toronto, which made a nice change from spending hours on buses and / or planes.
The falls are partly frozen... Continue reading »
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Becoming Mrs Steele
17 December 2007 was the most amazing day of my life!!
I think the photos pretty much speak for themselves.
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