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Bushfire Fairytales

Shot down to Wellington for the crossing over to the South Island spent the day here, chilled out, during the day then crossed over on the ferry ! Great views at sunset ! Spent the morning driving down to Kaikora, went to the beach, not as nice as the North Island beaches as beach was...

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tomrendell on February 18, 2007 from Kaikoura, New Zealand

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Mt Doom

The Tongariro Crossing is an 8 hr Hike taking you across and past Mt Ngauruhoe, Mt Ruapehu and Mt Tongariro known to the Lord of the Rings fans as Mt Doom and Mordoor, spectacular scenery! A real climb. Was with the girls at the start, but they were far too slow, so I caught up to the lads...

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tomrendell on February 16, 2007 from Taupo, New Zealand

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Dive Dive Dive

Today another busy day on the FK express...we were up early and off to see the Geothermal features at the Taupo volcanic zone, saw a bubbling mud pit, a geezer erupt 30 ft into the air...and all sorts...it stunk though...a bit like Rory’s room in the flat! Later on we shot over to the River...

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tomrendell on February 15, 2007 from Taupo, New Zealand

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Rotorua

Drive down to an cool beach, forget its name ! I'll look it up... Half way through the journey my hang over kicks in, last nights tequila kicks in and I feel shocking, feel like staying on the bus, but a bottle of powerade sorts me out and Im playing beach Football with Annis in minutes,...

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tomrendell on February 14, 2007 from Rotorua, New Zealand

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Hot Water Beach !

Drove back down into Auckland momentarily, to pick up some new people, 2 guys & 3 girls... I was dropped off with some others and we rode a grand total of about 30Ks to camp, not before taking a couple of stop offs at Hot water beach and cathedral cove, before eventually free wheeling 2K down...

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tomrendell on February 13, 2007 from Coromandel, New Zealand

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Sandboarding !

The next day we set off to Opononi, and get there early about 10am, we shoot over the water on a speed boat, and go sand boarding which was awesome ! so cool to be bombing down the huge dunes on a body board and then flying into the water ! Quite a hike to the top but worth it for the ride...

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tomrendell on February 12, 2007 from Opononi, New Zealand

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Bay of islands

First day out of Auckland set off on the Flying Kiwi bus...We set of to the Bay of Islands in the north region know as North Land ! as we get on the bus I see to be the only bloke, the driver laughs and says "its you and the ladies this trip mate" Immediately I think cool ! but actually no...

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tomrendell on February 10, 2007 from Paihia, New Zealand

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Day 20: Winton to Bluff

We leave Winton at a leisurely 9am, noticing the feature town statuary. We have, by chance, timed the final stage of our cycling epic for Waitangi Day, (New Zealand Day). So Invercargill is very quiet as we pass through, pausing to book in at the Tuatara Lodge YHA. Claud carefully reads the...

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John and Claud on February 5, 2007 from Bluff, New Zealand

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Day 19: Queenstown to Winton

"OK, am I dreaming, or are the sheep turning pink?" asks Claud, as we near the metropolis of Winton, Southland. "No, you're correct there, Claud", I reply. The merino sheep, instead of hiding from the heat, as earlier, like little hot woolly mammoths, under the shade of the trees, are now...

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John and Claud on February 4, 2007 from Winton, New Zealand

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Auckland Avenue

First day in Auckland was totally knackered from the jet lag; 4 hours time shift, plus a 6.5 hr night flight with little or no sleep! Screaming kids and Finding Nemo on the TV! Anyway get in to Auckland and go straight into town, I didn’t want to fall asleep like I did in Hong Kong and mess...

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tomrendell on February 4, 2007 from Auckland, New Zealand

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