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After the movie set tour we had a rather hair-raising drive across New Zealand to the Waitomo Caves, as the second of three experiences we bought as a package (Hobbiton Movie Set, Waitomo Caves and Te..

The final part of our Trilogy Experience package (the others being Hobbiton and Waitomo Caves ) was the Maori cultural experience called Te Puia, in Rotorua. Rotorua is extremely volcanically active, ..

On our way to Lake Taupo and Turangi, we stopped off at Huka Falls, which is a short walk from the car park.  It was a stiflingly hot walk, which we actually cut short because it was really quite..

We haven’t posted about where we’re staying for a bit – Tongariro Junction is a large campsite in Turangi, not far from the Tongariro National Park, home of the famous Tongariro Alpine Crossing, which..

Our day began at 6am with an actual alarm, to make sure we woke up on time.  We’d packed our bags the night before, so didn’t need to do much before heading off to the shuttle collection point. I..

Just before we finished the Alpine Crossing, on one of the steps down, Jess went over on her ankle.

What can I say. We’ve just got back from our meal tonight – at a South Indian restaurant called Arranged Marriage. It’s rated as one of the best restaurants in Palmerston North, which is known for hav..

Wellington is proclaimed to be the ‘craft beer capital of the Southern hemisphere’ – with a number of craft beer breweries and pubs all close together in the city centre. Having got the earlier f..

The troll outside Weta Round the corner from our place to stay is the Weta Workshop and Weta Cave – if you know much about The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films, you’ll know that Weta are re..

During our drive to Mount Taranaki, the following happened, which we had been looking forward to for a while (both being numbers geeks)... https://youtu.be/xAymzi-K7LU We’re both so sad... we’re made ..