"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"
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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2
"Whiffy....Who Dropped One?"
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"
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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4
"Bring on the Adrenalin Rush..."
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
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)"
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"
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!"
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"
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"
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"
Highest point: NIck and Marissa: Sky-diving at 9,000ft (not metres as I said before) ov... Continue reading »


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