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waitomo caves
today we made our way from auckland to waitomo caves about 198 km drive,which wasnt too bad at all. once we got here we went and booked tickets to go in to the caves and have a little boat trip on the water and see glow worms. it was an amazing,aweso...
Member: Lucy
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Grand ol' world tour
The Navimag cargo ferry, our home for five nights and the best fun you can have on a ship loaded with cargo trucks, cows and sea-sick passengers. Travelling on the first trip of the high season meant that the boat was only a third full. Which was exc...
Member: Ian and Alex
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Weltreise 2006
In Darwin checken wir in Chillis Backpacker Hostel ein. Unser Plan, die Westkueste entlang zu reisen, platzt innerhalb einer Minute, da zwischen Darwin und Broome alle Strassen ueberschwemmt sind und es auch zwischen Broome und Perth sieben Zyklone gab...
Member: Kati n Rob
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New Zealand & Australia
Caught the morning ferry from Picton to Wellington, and on the TV they were showing the funeral of the Maori Queen, who died about a week ago. The Maori kingship was formed in the 1840s, when the Maoris decided they needed to unite, to better resist th...
Member: Louise
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Around the world...
Arriving in Dalat was a bit odd as it is right up in the Highlands and is about 10 degrees cooler than we have been used to. We had a great couple of days there. The town is pretty quiet but there are some great waterfalls and lakes in the area around ...
Member: Sarah and Ricky
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New Zealand Apr/May 2007
Yay! Collected my rental camper van today. Also had a very early start to the day... 25 April is ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corp) Day in New Zealand and Australia. On this day these two countries emember members of the Australian and New...
Member: Jason
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New Zealand!
Well after a 12 hour flight we arrived in Auckland safe and sound! We mamanged to sleep about 7 hours but we still felt like we had had none! We met up with Iris (aimees grans friend)and her grand-daughter Heather in Auckland for a coffee which was ...
Member: Aimee and Serena
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New Zealand
Our first Christmas in the southern hemisphere for all of us except Rich so we were expecting a blazing sunny day and to head into the lake. Well it was warm and after dinner Rich and I raced into the lake but more fuelled by the alcohol than the blazi...
Member: Claire and Paul
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Gap Year : New Zealand
It's a little over a week now since I left Whitianga. I'm currently sitting in the net cafe at Base Backpackers in Wellington on a sweaty Thursday evening with a nice cup of tea. I'm here in Wellington until Sunday morning, when I catch my flight over ...
Member: Luke
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Grant's travels 2006 - 2007
Return to the Melbourne...
Member: Grant
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Waitomo Caves
Awake at 6:30 this morning so that we could be on our way by 8am. The motorways are a nightmare as they don't have slip roads like in the UK but they have exit lanes and if you find yourself in the wrong lane it can set you back 20 minutes (obviously w...
Member: Michael
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The North Island
We started off the morning by driving a short distance up to Kerikeri where the cafe culture is alive and thriving. We sat down for the first time in a long time with a flat white and just read the paper. It was lovely! We decided to drive back to...
Member: Doris and Mike
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Glow Worms, Hail and Zorbing...
Well, I have to say, New Zealand has improved immensly since I left Auckland. The countryside and views are amazing, ive even seen hills where the grass is so perfect that it looks like someone has draped a green carpet on it (and no it wasn't carpet, ...
Member: Carol
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New Zealand
A brief and simple statement from Chief Ross Orsmond has summed up the NZ leg of our trip absolutely perfectly, "Nature is freaking me out on this trip". We have been absolutely spellbound by the incredible variety of spectacular sights i...
Member: Dave and Hayley
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Travelling 2006
We had a couple of nights in Rotorua, which is a beautiful place, but it smells so bad!!! It's like rotten eggs, apparently it's sulpher. The first night in Rotorua, we didn't do much, we just chilled out in the geothermally heated pool, which was s...
Member: Lauren
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New Zealand
Finally have a day off today so no excuse not to catch up on this blog...am sitting in the most bizarre internet cafe yet; its a big red bus, but its cheap and my new home for at least the next three hours, so here it goes... Arrived in Auckland Mon...
Member: Emma
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