We arrived in Auckland late afternoon yesterday. The flight wasn't too long, only around 4 hours from Melbourne. The time is a further couple of hours ahead from Australia, this must be the furthest into the future I can get from the UK! After all the fun and freedom we had on the Great Ocean Road, we ditched the bus idea and hired a camper. Wicked Campers were so crap and the service was shocking we stepped it up a bit and went for a Jucy Camper. It's worth every penny more! The van is mint and really well equipped.
Netiher of us had any idea where to go, so we came to the conclusion that we would do the South Island first, and started the long drive to the south coast of the North Island. I managed about 4 hours of driving before getting tired at around midnight. We stopped in a small town called Taupo, which is near enough in the centre of the North Island. I knew there was a lake nearby and guess that we had parked by it, but we woke up this morning to this amazing sight...
The further we drove the more dramatic the scenery became, I'm very excited to see what the South Island has to offer.
Hi, thankas for your blog! Fun to follow your trip as I'm currently based in Wellington, but going for holiday to Australia (mostly East Coast) in couple of days. Gonna take advantage of your experiences. Also looking forward to hear about your travels around NZ as planning to do some travelling around myself later this spring (well, autumn in NZ). So far I've been only in Welly region and Napier and not at all in South Island.
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piia
Hello Piia, thanks for commenting on my blog! You are lucky to live in Wellington, me and Isabella really liked it there. We are going to spend the day there again when we come back to the north island. I'm sure you will have fun on the east coast of Australia, my fingers are crossed for some sun for you. The high light for me was Fraser so make sure you go there! :-) We just got into Picton today and are planning on spending around 3 weeks in the south. All the best, Matt
ReplyDeleteHi again, thanks for the tip, just too bad Frasier Island is too far away for us, have no time to go so up north as we are also taking a trip to Alice Springs/Uluru. Enjoy South Island, everybody tells me it's amazing!
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