25/7/2013 (My Mission To Find A Job In NZ & Get A Work Visa) In September 2012 I was invited to go for an interview for, what I would consider, my dream job working in a tourist office in New Zealand. The location was Akaroa on the Banks Peninsula, about an hour outside of Christchurch…. Read more »
Trips To New Zealand
25/7/2013 Most of my close friends and family know that I have a huge passion for New Zealand. I’ve travelled around the North and South Islands on three different occasions but it was during my second trip there in 2009 that I realised that I had totally fallen in love with the place. It was… Read more »
14/3/2012 Well my flight back to Amsterdam wasn’t until 5pm. Effie, a friend of Lesley’s, drove me to the airport. I was finding it hard to fight back the tears and when I was sitting at the gate, waiting to board, the tears just rolled down my face. I couldn’t stop them. I just didn’t… Read more »
14/3/2012 Lesley and I went to dinner to a friend’s house in Kaiapoi, a suburb in Christchurch. Ken, Lesley’s friend, is involved in Traffic Management in Christchurch and had a big part to play in the recovery services after both big earthquakes there in 2010 and 2011. So I had the chance again to hear… Read more »
14/3/2012 I woke up to another sunny morning but unfortunately I had to head back to Christchurch. I say unfortunately because I really like Lake Tekapo but was looking forward to getting back to Christchurch too. I got up, packed the rest of my stuff, had breakfast and went to make a few phone calls…. Read more »
12/3/2012 Earlier on in the day, I had bumped into a couple who I was talking to at the hostel and I suggested that we walk to Cowan’s Hill to see the stars that night. It looked like it was going to be a clear night (yeah!) and they were keen to do this. So… Read more »
12/3/2012 The weather wasn’t great for the first two days I was in Lake Tekapo but it was forecast that it would pick up very soon. I was really hoping that I would get at least one clear day but a clear night especially. Lake Tekapo is a great place for watching the stars at… Read more »
12/3/2012 The last time I was in Lake Tekapo, I noticed on a map, that there was a river called the Mc Auley river in the area. I got in touch with this woman called Marion Seymour, who has a sheep station at a place called Ferintosh, near the Mc Auley River. I was told… Read more »
11/3/2012 I left it a bit late to book my Intercity bus from Mt. Cook to Lake Tekapo and the following morning at 8am, I called Intercity to book my seat. They told me that because all the passenger lists had already been printed they couldn’t reserve a seat for me but to turn up… Read more »
10/3/2012 A few months ago, when I was doing my research for the trip, I came across an interesting tour, which takes you on a boat out onto the Tasman Lake, pretty close to the Tasman Glacier. The Tasman Glacier tour was starting at 9.15am and I got to The Hermitage Hotel for 9 o’… Read more »
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