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"New Zealand Road Trip"

In and around New Zealand

" Armed with nothing more than a Nissan Bluebird the trip begins"

Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Travelling Lousies!

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    "The City that in our Case Meant Sleep"

    Auckland, New Zealand | Mar 20 '07 | Reviews: 0

    After a long 13 hour plane ride and a need to douse our shoes in disinfectant at the Biodefense Station in Auckland's customs (yes they smelt that... Continue reading »

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    "Whiffy....Who Dropped One?"

    Rotorua, New Zealand | Mar 22 '07 | Reviews: 0

    This thing is going to time out in a minute so the writing might just stop and you'll have to hold on with baited breath for the installment about... Continue reading »

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    "The Bay of Islands...in Slightly Adverse Weather Conditions"

    Paihia, New Zealand | Mar 24 '07 | Reviews: 0

    After driving 7 hours north (Groove Armada had better be good!) we finally arrived in the Bay of Islands to the resort of Paihia. Bay of Islands is... Continue reading »

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    "Bring on the Adrenalin Rush..."

    Taupo, New Zealand | Mar 27 '07 | Reviews: 0

    Our first afternoon in Taupo was spent recovering from the Groove Arbada hangover....or at least for me anyway (Marissa). Today we were feeling a b... Continue reading »

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    "Hidden Gems in the Wairarapa

    Wairarapa, New Zealand | Mar 29 '07 | Reviews: 0

    The drive down to Martinborough took us through the Turangi National Park which has, amongst other areas, the area used in LOTR for Mordor. It cert... Continue reading »

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    "Journey South (and I'm not talking X-Factor)"

    Kaikoura, New Zealand | Mar 31 '07 | Reviews: 0

    What can we say.....we probably don't need to tell you too much about our journey from Masterton to get to South island....the picures will do that... Continue reading »

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    "Tramps and Hookers"

    Mount Cook, New Zealand | Apr 02 '07 | Reviews: 0

    On Monday afternoon we journeyed down from Kaikoura to Christchurch and spent the afternoon there, wandering around the city and the beautiful bota... Continue reading »

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    "Easter & Getting Closer to God!"

    Queenstown, New Zealand | Apr 04 '07 | Reviews: 0

    The scene was set for our Queenstown extravaganza when as we drove though the South Otago hills just before entering Queenstown we stopped off to p... Continue reading »

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    "Ice, Ice Baby"

    Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand | Apr 11 '07 | Reviews: 0

    Much as we would liked to have stayed longer, we had to say a sad farewell to Queenstown. It was good (and dangerous) while it lasted but we had a... Continue reading »

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    "End of the Road....After 5000km's"

    Wellington, New Zealand | Apr 14 '07 | Reviews: 0

    Next on the big trip back north was Nelson. Again we were blessed with fantastic weather as we trotted about the town enjoying the relaxed weekend... Continue reading »

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    "New Zealand Summary - Highs and Lows"

    Auckland, New Zealand | Apr 17 '07 | Reviews: 0

    Highest point: NIck and Marissa: Sky-diving at 9,000ft (not metres as I said before) ov... Continue reading »

your mother avatar your mother on Mar. 21, 2007 @ 11:56AM said
Hello Both Not a lot happened. England scraped a 0-0 draw against Israel and beat Kenya in similar fashion in the Cricket World Cup which has been totally overshadowed by the Bob Woolmer tragedy. Weather lovely a change from last weekend when we had sleet,hailstones and snow. Mikes nephew Richard and his fiancee spent 6 mths in NZ last year working and absolutely loved it. Please do what Richard did and tell me after you've been bungey jumping and white water rafting! Granny had a lovely holiday in Spain and is enjoying youre blogs. Hope you are feeling better Marissa and I hate to say it but you've inherited vertigo from me Nick! Oops sorry! lol Mum and Mike xxx

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