Author Archives: Adele

Five States in Two Weeks – Brissie to Tassie!

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Adele

Before heading south, we had a great Easter with Mum & Dad and my brother Andrew and his family, including a day on the boat for all the boys fishing and enjoying each others company. Finally, the crab pot came … Continue reading →

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Sunshine Coast back to Brissy

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Adele

Our last week in Kings Beach, Caloundra started off hot & sweaty too with the temperatures hardly going below 35 degrees with at least 70% humidity – phew! Even all the hardy Queenslanders are complaining about the never-ending summer (imagine … Continue reading →

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From Gold Coast to Sunshine Coast –gotta love Queensland!

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Adele

We finally reached the Gold Coast to the joy of my parents and got to see my brother and his family for the first time in 3 years, very obvious when we saw the height of our nephews! They introduced … Continue reading →

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A Warm Welcome Home to Sydney!

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Adele

I always know I am home when I am greeted at Sydney Airport by the bluest of blue skies, and in all my travels I have still not seen that shade of blue anywhere else. And Ben got bonus points … Continue reading →

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Sublime South Island

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Adele

You catch a ferry between the North and South Island, and we’d have to say it was definitely a lot more scenic than the Dover crossing! It was also the first time we’ve shared the car deck with a train.   … Continue reading →

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Glow-worms at Waitomo to Zorbing in Rotorua

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Adele

We’ve seen a lot now…so many things in fact that we need this blog to look back on to keep it all straight in our minds! It’s hard to believe that it’s been 5 months since Ben, Dan & the … Continue reading →

Posted in New Zealand North Island | 5 Comments

The Kauri Coast to Coromandel Peninsula

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Adele

  Finally, it was down south to the Kauri Coast where the enormous and beautiful kauri trees can be seen. The road took us through many towns with the original wooden buildings still intact. We’ve heard people describe New Zealand … Continue reading →

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Scuba, Steinlagers and Toilets: The Bay of Islands to Cape Reinga

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Adele

Our first destination out of Auckland up the main (and almost only) road north was to Whangarei, where we took a little detour across to Whangarei Heads.  Here the road winds around bay after bay of lovely little hamlets of … Continue reading →

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Santiago, Chile

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Adele

  We had a long 800km drive up Ruta 5 to Santiago from Pucon, so we decided to stop about 2/3rd way up in Talca, to break the journey. Talca is a small town that was badly hit by the … Continue reading →

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Puerto Varas & Pucón, Chilean Lakes District

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Adele

We decided months ago that the Chilean Lakes District would be our ‘chilling’ time over Christmas after a few busy weeks doing the parks and glaciers. So we had pre-booked a cabanas in a popular Chilean holiday spot called Puerto … Continue reading →

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