Tweet This site has been neglected whilst I’ve travelled around New Zealand. The good news is I’ve settled in the South Island, and have residency so will be kicking off this site again with an overhaul, after relaunching the New Zealand Unwrapped guide book on Amazon! Keep your eyes peeled on this site…..
Tweet Aaah Golden Bay. If you read the Week 1 post, you’d know we were escaping the rain around Malborough Sounds. We decided to head West to escape it. But we didn’t. We’ve hardly been online thus the lack of updates, and in some ways that’s been great. Spending around 10 days in the Golden [read more…]
Tweet This post like probably many to come on the subject is a bit later than planned as I’ve been offline when on the road. Our crossing on the ferry was a joy as the wild weather of previous days had calmed down. We had decided to take it easy the first few days to [read more…]
Tweet There’s loads to do around Wellington’s coastline but who’d have thought there would be a fur seal colony within an hour’s walk of the capital’s beaches? The walk to the Seal Colony is often referred to the ‘Red Rocks’ walk by Wellingtonians, but there are a number of things to see on the walk. [read more…]
Tweet Haka Tours offers something a little bit different from the mainstream budget adventure tours of New Zealand. With groups sizes averaging 7-12, and small minibuses taking you around you get a bit more of a personal touch and have a better chance to get off the beaten track to places more tourists wouldn’t get [read more…]
Tweet After taking some time out from this site to write the New Zealand Backpacking Unwrapped guide book I’m happy to say that as of next week I’ll be hitting the road again on a South Island road trip. On 14th December I’ll be heading on the Bluebridge ferry to the South Island for up [read more…]
Tweet Today marks the day that the Rugby World Cup Tickets go on sale on general release. Phase 1 and 2 of the ticket sales are now closed, and this is your big chance (and probably last chance) to purchase remaining tickets for the Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand. The games are spread [read more…]
Tweet I’m proud to announce the arrival of my new New Zealand Backpacing Guidebook : New Zealand Backpacking Unwrapped. As of December 2012 this book is available exclusively on Amazon – fully updated for 2013!!! The guide is over 125 pages of quality information which I’m sure will help you during your next visit to [read more…]
Tweet Five out of 14 passengers have been taken to hospital with minor injuries after the Shotover Jet crashed yesterday at 3.10pm (22nd November 2010). It is believed an American tourist suffered whiplash whilst the others were locals. Operations have been suspended until the accident has been investigated. Here are a couple of videos from [read more…]
Tweet There is a great open website detailing tracks for running and cycling around New Zealand. Originally started as a site to detail trails around the Wellington area, it seems word had spread and a whole host of GPS tracks have been uploaded. If you are wanting to explore your local area take a look [read more…]