And so we come to what I hope will be the conclusion of our holiday in New Zealand. Amongst the Australian things that I have neglected to mention while blabbering away about New Zealand for the last few weeks are a very posh night out at Valete, my continued disappointment in ANU’s teaching ability, Oktoberfest, …
Tag Archive: New Zealand
Nov
03
Oct
17
New Zealand, Pt 2.
From the morning call at the Auckland Museum, we headed South on our first real drive to Matamata, home of The Shire. What should have been a fairly non-eventful journey was hindered by the distinct lack of road signs in New Zealand, and the fact that their major roads never appear to be particularly major. …
Oct
12
Holidays!
I’m back! My very rapid tour of New Zealand has ended far too soon, I could have easily spent another two weeks traveling back up to the North Island, but one holiday will have to suffice for now. I’ll gradually tell all the details over the next couple of weeks, but we’ll begin at the …