Category: Backpacking
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Vineyards, sauerkraut and an army of ‘roos
A short flight from Tasmania got us back to the Aussie’s mainland. We continued our tour in South Australia and for six more nights while based in its capital Adelaide. Originally we expected our stay here to be shorter, however, our local friend Kendal we got to know in New Zealand showed us all that…
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Sassy in Tassie
Just one hour by air south of Melbourne or 240km through the Bass Strait from the Australian mainland, there’s a fairy tale island paradise and one of the six states of Australia – Tasmania. Tassie isn’t just a single island – in fact, it consists of the main island and 334 surrounding smaller islands. Almost…
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Glimpse of Melbourne
After a month spent in the wilderness of New Zealand, our noble (air) stead took us two hours back. We landed in Melbourne – the capital of the Australian state Victoria and the second largest city of Australia with almost a fifth of the whole country’s population calling it home. Some time ago, Melbourne also…
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Among the volcanoes, lakes and waterfalls
After almost 3-weeks-long wilderness exploration on the South Island, we crossed the Cook Strait for the second time and returned to the North Island where this whole trip started! Not counting a one-night stopover in Wellington to celebrate Pepe’s birthday we headed first to Taupo sitting in the middle of the island. We got the…
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West Coast, baby!
After a brief taste of Otago and Southland we changed direction and headed to Westland. Our first stop was Fox Glacier with spectacular views and supposedly one of the most photographed lakes in New Zealand, Lake Matheson. Since we knew we eventually needed to end up back in Picton in a couple of days and…
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Autumn postcards from Mackenzie Country
After our first week in the South Island and following the coast from Picton to Christchurch, our next steps led to the heart of the Southern Alps. Our base for several days was to be a small town called Tekapo, lying at the shores of the lake with the same name. Our plan was to…