December 21, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Reflections Part 2, Costs and budgeting I’m not going to tell you what we spent in total but am setting out some thoughts on things to consider. Having […]
December 20, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Reflections Part 1 on our 42 day trip (things we missed or would do differently) Overall our experience on this vacation was very positive and we plan to come back. Having spent 42 days away with our […]
December 18, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Day 42, Melbourne and the journey home A bit of a delayed post (recovering from jetlag!) but here it is. We checked out of our accommodation in the Yarra […]
December 15, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Day 41, Yarra Valley The last full day of our vacation (we are on the plane back to Europe tomorrow evening) and we decided to take […]
December 14, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Day 40, Mornington Peninsula Yesterday was all about getting over the shock of finishing our tour of New Zealand. Having been up at 3:30 (NZ time) […]
December 13, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Day 39, Chritchurch to Melbourne (and end of trip reflections) And so our New Zealand trip comes to an end. We handed our hire car back on the South Island with around […]
December 12, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Day 38, Akaroa I wonder whether New Zealand consciously gave us today as a parting gift or whether it was just coincidence that the sun […]
December 11, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Day 37, Kaikoura to Christchurch Talking with the various B&B hosts that we’ve encountered along our journey it’s clear that if we are travelling between September and […]
December 10, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Day 36, Blenheim to Kaikoura Today was notable for two things. Rain Seals Because of 1. We had very little chance to see much other than 2! […]
December 9, 2014July 2, 2017Australia and New Zealand, Travel Day 35, Queen Charlotte Track With our success on the Abel Tasman track we decided that we would take on another track so we signed up for […]