"I don't know where I am going from here, but I promise it won't be boring" – David Bowie
To all fellow hikers I say sign yourself up to a trip to the Grand Canyon and stay within it. Don’t be the other 99% of the population who goes to one of the rims and never enters the canyon. Its the biggest of all the canyons so you have to go in. Well I do anyway. My compulsive adventurous side won’t let me do otherwise.
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A weekend well spent in the Fiordlands National Park. New Zealands most southernly national park and one of the largest too is well know because of the famous Milford Sounds that lies only a stones through away from the hustle and bustle of Queenstown, the adventure capital of the world. Day trips are easy from Queenstown and you can either do it in a day or you can stay a night closer to town so that you don’t have such a crazy busy day. Here is all about my time seeing the eighth wonder of the world – also one of the worlds most visited tourist sites and the reasons why everyone should go if they are in New Zealand.
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Amisfield winery is one of the more famous winery’s in Central Otago and for good reason. We headed there for a trust the chef lunch menu and my oh my, I could get used to dining like that more. The five course lunch set us back $95 per person with an additional $70 for the wine match. I would recommend doing the wine match as you do get your moneys worth to say the least. Was delicious too, with a range of wines so no matter what type of wine is your preferred it will be something for everyone.
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Hello and welcome to my first post of the new year about what I’ve been up to since making the move to Queenstown. Once we found our home and got a job it turned into work madness, and I was working ridiculous hours over Christmas and into the new year. However the long hours were worth it for the money and I have now started to replenish my much depleted funds. Here in the new year I have been looking towards the next trip that is in the works that I am sure you will all be very excited to hear all about. It’s nothing like anything I have done before. A half holiday, half traveling around. I cannot wait. So watch this space to hear all about it…
So another wealth of information on our time within the Wellington region. Yes there is more to Wellington than just the capital city.
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Travelling around the central part of the North Island means two things, waterfalls and culture over load. Both of which I am more than happy with.
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The East coast for us included a lot of driving and more cities than countryside. All of which is apart of the experience of travelling around in a van for over a month.
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So here I am living it up in Christchurch for the next three days. You will hear all about that when I finally get around to completing the post on Canterbury, but seeing as I am still on the North island posts, you will have to wait a little while longer. This however couldn’t wait as I wanted every detail of the glorious food we have found here in Christchurch to be fresh in my mind when describing our culinary experiences. I am sure you would agree with me if you ever get the chance to give it a go yourself.
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The bay of Plenty is well named, as there is plenty of things to get up to. Either cultural hideouts or some beautiful sandy beaches ↠ there is something for everyone that much we have seen.
Without further ado, here are our adventures in the Bay of Plenty area.
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This part of New Zealand we had heard less about so we did a drive through visit rather than a more in depth discovery of the area. You can’t do everything so perhaps I will be able to re-visit this part of the country some time. I hope so anyway! Anyway here are the things that I did manage to do on our way through this time.
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