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posted by Livlife
March 22, 2011
My first day in Nelson at the top of the South island was a glorious day for a bike ride round historic landmarks with the Gentle Cycling Company. The tour stopped at the cathedral, churches, old houses large and small and the site of first rugby game ...
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Near Nelson from 'South Island, New Zealand 2011'
posted by Kiwi_go_round
August 6, 2010
The final chapter of our fantastic trip.  After an uneventful flight from the Gold Coast we arrived in Auckland where our Limo service (Sam, Ula and Nats) were patiently waiting.  Clearance had taken a little longer than expected as our tramp...
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Something for the rural delivery snail mail to go into  from 'Home Sweet Home, Auckland then Mangawhai 28/07/2010…'
posted by gellatsk
August 5, 2009
Day 7. Cardona. The fuckin jewel of the southern alps skiable mountains. For beginners and intermediates anyway. Like us. This place blows us away. A 40 buck bus ride was worth every penny, despite us running severely short of funds at this stage. A ...
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Cadrona Half Pipe from 'Queenstown Snowboarding Day 7'
posted by gellatsk
August 5, 2009
ok. Day 6. Jet boat time.  We'd decided to take a day off from the slopes to tackle one of the many jet boat tours operating on the shotover river. You can trade your lift pass in for 57 bucks off the price which is handy. We settled on Skippers...
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Sun rises over the remarkables on our 6th day from 'Queenstown Snowboarding Day 6'
posted by gellatsk
August 5, 2009
Day 5. Weather report is awesome for the Remarkables. We have the whole crew busing it up the mountain. The wind chill is pretty bad, but we get some great footage on the beginner slopes and even get the girls on their first lift ride. Peter has leaf...
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Jacqui from 'Queenstown Snowboarding Day 5'
Map of tagged locations!
Micro Camper from 'New Zealand 2007 Trip'
Snow capped mountain from 'New Zealand 2007 Trip'
Dolphin from 'New Zealand 2007 Trip'
Cathedral Cove from 'New Zealand 2007 Trip'
Milford Sound from 'New Zealand 2007 Trip'