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I'm off to New Zealand

(30 Posts)
kittylester Sat 18-Feb-17 07:33:07

Have a super time ga. And i can't help thinking that your dgd cannot be nearly 2!shock You'll see a huge change in her!

frankie74 Sat 18-Feb-17 07:30:04

South Island...

Interisland ferry from Wellington to Picton takes you through Marlborough Sound, Queen Charlotte Sound

Marlborough vineyards

Nelson is a lovely city

Golden Bay; Abel Tasman National Park

Kaikoura whale watching (road/rail could be tricky after ecent earthquake)

Christchurch

Banks Peninsula/Akaroa, originally French territory, still has a lot of French influence. Beautiful scenery. Penguins. Fur seals. Dolphins

Glaciers - Fox or Franz-Joseph, free to walk to base of glacier, also guided walks

Mt Cook National park

Milford Sound + boat trip in large catamaran

Queenstown - loads of activities related to mountains, eg gondolas, walks fab views, paddle-ship trip on Lake Wakatipu, views of Remarkables Mts

little blue penguins and yellow-eyed penguins Oamaru Penguin Colony

Tranzalpine train from Greymouth-Christchurch, over Arthur's Pass

Alima Sat 18-Feb-17 07:02:34

Have a wonderful trip. Will this be the first time you have met your DGD?

Jane10 Sat 18-Feb-17 07:00:45

Have a wonderful trip grannyactivist!

grannyactivist Fri 17-Feb-17 23:56:21

Fires, earthquakes and torrential rain notwithstanding can those of you who are in the know give me a list of 'must see' places? We have a week in Titirangi, which is about 30 minutes drive from Auckland, then 2 days at Rotorua (in a backpacker's hostel!)then 12 days to see the South Island, followed by another week back in Titirangi. We'll have a car so we can get about reasonably easily. Budget is quite tight.

Of course the best part of our visit will be spending time with our miracle granddaughter and her parents. We'll be able to celebrate her 2nd birthday with her. smile
(For those who don't know she was born at 27 weeks and had a dodgy time of it for a few months when she was born.)