by Jim and Gisela Spires | Feb 15, 2012 | AU-NZ 2012
It’s been a whole year that we’ve anticipated going on our dream vacation to New Zealand & Australia. We’ve talked about it almost every day and like children waiting for Santa Claus we thought it would never get here. Not long after we signed...
by Jim and Gisela Spires | Feb 14, 2012 | AU-NZ 2012
Finally the time came to leave the hotel and go to the airport. Everyone was so anxious that we got to the airport at 4PM for our 1140PM flight. May as well hang out here instead of sitting in a hotel room. At least it makes you feel like you’re getting...
by Jim and Gisela Spires | Feb 13, 2012 | AU-NZ 2012
Our first travel day was from Christchurch to Oamaru. We arrived in time to unpack our suitcases and have a bite to eat before we loaded up on the bus for the penguin tour. It was a perfect night! We saw several of the rare yellow eye penguin, some came right up to...
by Jim and Gisela Spires | Feb 12, 2012 | AU-NZ 2012
Enroute to Dunedin we make a stop at the world famous Moeraki Boulders. If you use Bing as a search engine you may have seen these as the photo of the day last year. They are large, almost perfectly round sandstone boulders scattered along this area of the beach....
by Jim and Gisela Spires | Feb 11, 2012 | AU-NZ 2012
We arrive in Dunedin, the 2nd largest city on New Zealand’s South Island and our city tour takes us to the Dunedin rail station, Larnach Castle and Baldwin Street, the world’s steepest street. Dunedin sports many ornate buildings from the late 19th and early 20th...
by Jim and Gisela Spires | Feb 10, 2012 | AU-NZ 2012
We continue to drive through the beautiful New Zealand countryside to our next destination, Te Anau. It is a gorgeous day and the rolling green hill provides us with views of sheep, cows and the occasional deer. New Zealand is the “Land of the Long White Cloud” and...
