Archive for March, 2010

  • Queenstown | New Zealand :: Terry’s First Bungy Jump3March 30, 2010

    Queenstown | New Zealand :: Terry’s First Bungy Jump

    This old geezer decided to invigorate his youth on his birthday by jumping 130 feet off a bridge into the river! He claims it was better than skydiving! Yowzah! Details: AJ Hackett Bungy; Kawarau Bridge Jump – first commercialized bungy jump in the world. Cost: $175 NZD per jump; $60 NZD for any subsequent jumps [...]

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  • Queenstown | New Zealand :: Adventure Seeking Capital4March 28, 2010

    Queenstown | New Zealand :: Adventure Seeking Capital

    Queenstown reminded us a lot of Breckenridge or Vail in Colorado, a cute little ski town yet bursting with activities all year round. Here, other than skiing and hiking, you can go speed jet boating, bungy jump into a river, sky dive over a lake, canyon swing or para glide off the ski slopes! If [...]

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  • Mount Cook & Lake Tekapo | New Zealand :: Gateway To God’s Garden4March 25, 2010

    Mount Cook & Lake Tekapo | New Zealand :: Gateway To God’s Garden

    Having a campervan is an added plus here in New Zealand, since you can just pick up go to another remote destination and your kitchen and bedroom are with you! Our Awesome Campervan – our home for 5 weeks! We found one of the best camping spots, in the middle of the park with a perfect [...]

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  • Christchurch | New Zealand :: City Tour2March 23, 2010

    Christchurch | New Zealand :: City Tour

    We landed in Christchurch just after midnight and were still intrigued by its small town charm as greeted by warm hospitable kiwis trying really hard to impress us. We’ve found an incomparable patriotic manner that almost all New Zealanders possess all over the south island – the Kiwis want everyone to have a memorable [...]

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  • Halls Gap | Australia :: The Grampians National Park1March 16, 2010

    Halls Gap | Australia :: The Grampians National Park

    On our way back to Melbourne, we stopped a night at the Grampians National Park, a huge forest of gum trees with abundant wildlife and years of aboriginal history. Apparently, hundreds of koalas make their home in this forest, but we were yet to see any of them, they were really difficult to find! [...]

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  • Melbourne | Australia :: Jucy Campervan Review1March 13, 2010

    Melbourne | Australia :: Jucy Campervan Review

    We were totally spoiled with the Toyota Hi Top Hiace in Tasmania and grimaced when we saw the limited space in the Jucy Toyoto Previa Campervan. Terry couldn’t even sit up in the back without poking his head out of the sun roof and his feet were dangling off the bed for the entire [...]

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  • Melbourne | Australia :: The Great Ocean Road1March 10, 2010

    Melbourne | Australia :: The Great Ocean Road

    If you have some extra time while visiting Melbourne, definitely take a road trip on the Great Ocean Road. You can either rent your own vehicle or campervan or take a one day guided tour from Melbourne. Spectacular scenery and cute little coastal towns are scattered along the road as well as some of [...]

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  • Happy Birthday Terry! | Almost Over the Hill3March 8, 2010

    Happy Birthday Terry! | Almost Over the Hill

    Guess who is turning the “Dirty Thirty”?! And look what we found?! A GRAY EYELASH! Oh Boy. Terry decided to celebrate by jumping 43 meters off a bridge into a frigid river! Happy Birthday to the best hubby in the world! Here’s to more wonderful adventures, love you lots and can’t wait to celebrate many more around [...]

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