CC's Great Escape
Wednesday 1 August 2018
Tuesday 9 February 2016
Hello Blog, it has been far FAR too
long since we've last chatted. How have you all been? I am currently
on Stewart Island, waiting to see what the weather decides it wants
to be like today. So far, we've had a good drop of rain first thing
this morning, now it's windy and partly cloudy. Who knows what's in
store for late this afternoon. I spent a good long time on Banks
Peninsula, regarding which I have every intention of doing at least
one solid entry. I had many adventures there, walked to many
beautiful places, met some really awesome people, made some really
great friends, lost some-not-so-great-ones. Worked weekends, managed
a hostel, “vice-managed” another hostel, got conflicting
information from various immigration office representatives (don't
worry, I'm here legally, and shall remain so until the end of May)
Thursday 30 April 2015
Doubtful Sound overnight cruise April 29-30
I think most folks just go for the day cruise, but considering how long it takes to get there without a car, I'm glad that I splurged on the overnight boat cruise. We started off with a bus ride from Queenstown to Manapouri (~50) with a stop at the Five River's cafe near the half way mark. At the visitor's centre, we boarded a boat to get across the lake, then hopped on another bus to get us to the 'cruise ship' for the next ~24 hours. It was a pretty good deal, the meals were prepared on the ship, there was lots of complimentary warm bevvies to be had and the commentary provided was quite good and informative.
Labels:
Doubtful Sound,
NATURE,
Picture,
South Island
Location:
Doubtful Sound, New Zealand
The journey continues...
Excited Nicki is excited! |
Tuesday 21 April 2015
Wellington, Picton and the Queen Charlotte Track
Travels with Nicki
Red Rocks along the aptly named Red Rocks Walkway. |
Labels:
adventures,
hiking,
NATURE,
New Zealand,
North Island,
Picture,
Queen Charlotte Track,
South Island,
tramping,
Wellington
Location:
Picton, New Zealand
Sunday 12 April 2015
Krumm-Jury farm conclusion.
Holy smokes! I can't believe how quickly the time has flown during my stay with the Krumm-Jury family. It's the first fully properly organic place that I've come across (makes you wonder about who's running this wwoof organization, don't it). I've had the opportunity to do all sorts of different tasks and I believe I've learned a lots of new skills and gained a lot of insight into how much work goes into keeping a place like this going (and why macadamia nuts are so goddamn expensive).
Labels:
adventures,
Cambridge,
Hamilton,
Hobbiton,
NATURE,
New Plymouth,
New Zealand,
North Island,
Picture,
Tikorangi,
Tikorangi Trading,
WWOOF
Location:
Tikorangi, New Zealand
Sunday 1 February 2015
Jinkies! First month on the Jury farm in Tikorangi, Taranaki.
Greetings and salutations one and all.
Time just keeps slipping away from me lately and my current host has lots of different jobs that need doing and is a lot of fun to chat with that I just don't seem to get around to writing up my missing posts!
I arrived at Mac Snack world headquarters on the 8th of January, after spending some time with familiar faces over in Australia. It was simply lovely to spend Christmas with J-Bo and New Years with the ladies Lahey.
This is the first fully organic farm that I've stayed on, and it's a beaut! It's been in the family for generations (since it started to be settled by Europeans), and is the site of the first (legally) imported macadamia nut trees.
Time just keeps slipping away from me lately and my current host has lots of different jobs that need doing and is a lot of fun to chat with that I just don't seem to get around to writing up my missing posts!
I arrived at Mac Snack world headquarters on the 8th of January, after spending some time with familiar faces over in Australia. It was simply lovely to spend Christmas with J-Bo and New Years with the ladies Lahey.
This is the first fully organic farm that I've stayed on, and it's a beaut! It's been in the family for generations (since it started to be settled by Europeans), and is the site of the first (legally) imported macadamia nut trees.
Blue dot is the farmhouse, their property is pretty much bordered west and south by the roads, and north and east by the trees. |
Labels:
Farm,
Mac Snack,
New Zealand,
North Island,
Organic,
Tikorangi,
WWOOF
Location:
Tikorangi, New Zealand
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