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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Tasmania | Australia :: Britz Campervan Tour & Review5March 5, 2010

    Tasmania | Australia :: Britz Campervan Tour & Review

    We had no idea what to book for campervans, had no suggestions from others and since it was the busy season and relatively urgent, we pretty much blindly booked a vehicle a few months before our arrival with Britz. The administration and paperwork at the office was a nightmare at 8am and the company [...]

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  • Tasmania | Australia :: Campervan Views0March 3, 2010

    Tasmania | Australia :: Campervan Views

    Here are some of the views we enjoyed from the back of our van!

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  • Tasmania | Australia :: Campervaning 8 Days In Tasmania3March 1, 2010

    Tasmania | Australia :: Campervaning 8 Days In Tasmania

    We had heard that Tasmania was a place not to miss when you are down under, so we spent a week on the island driving around in a hi-top campervan, the spacious Toyota HiAce. We figured it would be the best way to see the island, but totally overlooked that not only did Terry have to [...]

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  • Melbourne | Australia :: Things To Do In Melbourne0February 27, 2010

    Melbourne | Australia :: Things To Do In Melbourne

    Australia’s second largest city, Melbourne (3.7 million people), is an extremely “liveable” city offering a plethora of activities, arts and a lively café culture. We experienced rain, extreme heat, humidity and cool breezes in a span of an hour – it is commonly said that if you don’t like the weather in Melbourne, just wait [...]

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