Okay, firstly apologies for the title, but all should become clear…….. …So, I spent the day in Wanaka, wandered around the town and went and got a rather good gourmet burger with Lance. We went back to the hostel and after a little while there was a knock at the window. Lance answered and I […]
Read the rest of Saturday 27th September – Wanaka Wank%r!
I got up and met the English girl, who was also going on the heli-hike, in the reception of my hostel. We headed down to the centre in the town where we paid and were given a disclaimer and brief information. Then we headed down to the briefing centre where we were given our gear. […]
Read the rest of Friday 26th September – Franz Josef glacier to Wanaka
On Thursday I woke up and wandered into the town. When I say town here, there was really only one road in Franz Josef with shops but it was enough. I sat and had lunch and drank lots of coke with ice whilst admiring the most amazing views up to the mountains. Franz Josef is […]
Read the rest of Thursday 25th September – Franz Josef
I dropped the relocation car off in the morning and pottered around the town. Amongst other places, I went into one of the jade workshops which had an exhibition on the history of jade with a big waterfall thing on a jade boulder. Okay, so I haven’t made it sound all that exciting but it […]
Read the rest of Wednesday 24th September – Greymouth to Franz Josef
In the morning I collected my next relocation from Europcar. It was actually rather nice as, for the first time, I was collected from my hostel by a member of staff from the car hire company. It was great but also slightly strange as the guy was just standing in reception when I checked out […]
Read the rest of Tuesday 23rd September – Christchurch to Greymouth
On the Sunday I got up and headed to the craft market at the Arts’ centre that my taxi driver had recommended to me the previous day. It was quite funky with the usual offerings of tarot readings and horrible, knitted woollen hats. There were some other more interesting additions like New Zealand jade and […]
Read the rest of Sunday 21st September to Monday 22nd September – Christchurch
I woke up in my van after a surprisingly good night’s sleep and was pleased to see that it was beautiful sunshine. I set off down the road and before long I realised why so many people rave about the South island of New Zealand. I drove round a corner and glanced to my right […]
Read the rest of Saturday 20th September – Blenheim to Christchurch
So I arrived in Wellington, collected my things and got a shuttle taxi to the centre from the airport. I checked into "Lodge in the City" backpackers’, got some dinner and had an early night. The following day I was sat in the garden having a cigarette and got talking to a guy called Paul. […]
Read the rest of Friday 12th September to Friday 19th September – Wellington to Blenheim
So after a flight I expected to be terrifying which wasn’t at all I arrived in Sydney. I phoned a backpackers’ place from an advert at the airport and spoke to a worker who advised me that a shuttle bus would be arriving in around fifteen minutes time. I went and waited where they had […]
Read the rest of Wednesday 10th September to Friday 12th September – Sydney
On Saturday morning I got ready and checked out of the hostel in Maroochydore. Stuart wasn’t quite as sprightly but eventually we were ready to leave. He was driving and we headed South down the coast. En route we stopped at the most amazing beach (in Caloundra), drank white wine (well I did) and admired […]
Read the rest of Saturday 6th to Wednesday 10th September – Brisbane area road trip