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I realized today that I never did a roundup post of all the posts while I was away in Australia and New Zealand last year. Looking back I wrote way more than I thought. Having nothing else to do in the hostels during the evenings gave me some  good time to write. I wish I [...]

Out for a hike on a gorgeous day

Popular Posts 2009 was the first year I really started writing on this blog. I tried last year and got bored. My 4 month trip to Australia and New Zealand really got my excited to write and share my adventures with the rest of the world. Here are my most popular posts from this year! [...]

Travelling on my own in Australia and New Zealand gave me a lot of time to think. What did I want to eat the next day? What did I want to do a week from now? What was everything going to be like when I got home? What was I going to do for work? What [...]

I’ve started this post on the eve before I fly home to Canada from New Zealand. I’ve spent three months in Australia and one in New Zealand and while I’m excited to head home to my car, my family and my bed, I’m sad this trip is coming to an end. Having only driven and [...]

Back in Auckland from my whirlwind trip around New Zealand, I was thankful to have a day or 2 rest before hopping on the plane and heading home. I just had one more trip to do up to Cape Reinga, the top of New Zealand. Because of the way the bus schedule worked we would [...]

That’s what it felt like. Like getting into a washing machine. After leaving Wellington and heading north we had a bit of time to look around in Rotorua. I wanted to try Zorbing. After watching some videos and hearing everyone talking about it, Zorbing was definitely something on the New Zealand to-do list.  I had [...]

By that I mean Wellington. Because of it’s position and the weather in the area, Wellington is an incredibly windy city. I got to experience first hand what the wind was like on my last run there. I was only going to spend one night in Wellington because I wanted to get moving North and [...]

Somewhere along my trip I got the crazy idea to do a bungy jump. I didn’t really want to spend the money to do a skydive so I figured bungy jumping would be the next best thing. Little did I know that everyone thinks bungying is harder. You have to jump yourself. There are 3 [...]

I took a day that I was in Queenstown to head up to one of the local mountains and carve up some snow. I couldn’t see a thing. There were three lifts. 2 of them went up a bit higher and the third stayed more central and lower on the mountain. I tried one of [...]