-
Recent Posts
Map
Subscribe for email updates
New Zealand – parting thoughts.
http://www.ratb3rt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/IMG_2582-200x300.jpg
I’ll make no bones about it – I loved New Zealand. In total, I was there for 35 days, drove nearly 6000km, camped out eight times, stayed in twelve different hostels, and took over 3000 photos. I travelled to the …
Posted in New Zealand, Phase1
4 Comments
Christchurch
http://www.ratb3rt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/IMG_3911-300x200.jpg
On 22nd February 2011, at 12:51pm, an earthquake of magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale hit New Zealand’s South Island. Centred 10km from the centre of Christchurch, it caused massive amounts of damage to the city and 163 people …
Posted in New Zealand, Phase1, Uncategorized
2 Comments
Dunedin
http://www.ratb3rt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/IMG_3699-300x200.jpg
I arrived in Dunedin, on the east coast of the south island, late in the afternoon with no booked accommodation. Fortunately, the first place I tried had availability, and luckily it was a really nice place too. Central Dunedin is …
Posted in New Zealand, Phase1, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
New Zealand – Invercargill to Dunedin
http://www.ratb3rt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_3571-300x200.jpg
After the scenic excesses of Fiordland, its was almost a mental relief to head towards Bluff – the southernmost town in NZ. The land flattened out, the roads became straighter, and more farmland appeared. There were a large number of …
Posted in New Zealand, Phase1, Uncategorized
1 Comment
New Zealand – Glaciers and Fjords part II
http://www.ratb3rt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_2924-300x200.jpg
The next stop, after a relatively tedious drive, was Te Anau. A pleasant little place in it’s own right, but it’s prime advantage as a location is that it abuts the massive mountain ranges that form Fiordland in the south-west …
Posted in New Zealand, Phase1, Uncategorized
1 Comment
New Zealand – Glaciers and Fjords part I
http://www.ratb3rt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_2603-200x300.jpg
I’ll start this post with a couple of apologies. I hadn’t initially intended on this blog being such a day-to-day diary sort of thing, but the posts appear to have evolved that way. I promise to skip out the relatively …
Posted in New Zealand, Phase1, Uncategorized
3 Comments
New Zealand – Wellington to Franz Josef
http://www.ratb3rt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_2327-200x300.jpg
I was booked into a private room in Wellington – partly to recover from my previous stormy night, and partly to escape the traumas of yet another hostel dorm. In this case, it was a good move – each night …
Posted in New Zealand, Phase1, Uncategorized
3 Comments
New Zealand – south of the North Island
http://www.ratb3rt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_22031-300x200.jpg
After leaving Auckland for the third time, I headed straight down to Rotorua – known locally as Rotovegas. It may be thus named in the same way as Stalyvegas – big aspirations, but ultimately seems a vacant. It also has …
Posted in New Zealand
Leave a comment
New Zealand – Northlands and Coromandel
http://www.ratb3rt.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/IMG_2115-190x126.jpg
Well, it’s been some time since I updated you all with my travels – and I have driven so many miles since then. My time in New Zealand is drawing a close as I write this, so expect a flurry …
Posted in New Zealand
5 Comments