Touring New Zealand
Blog URL http://touringnewzealand.blogspot.com
Located Perth, Western Australia Australia
Tags Travel, Family, Autism, coffee, New Zealand, Tourist, Adventure, Travelling with kids
An Aussie coffee lover with a family touring our great neighbours in New Zealand and desperately hoping no Aussie bowls underarm while we are over there. . .
Latest Blog Posts
- Road Remarks – Lake Tekapo to Queenstown on Oct 26, 2009 in Route Comments Driving Safely
View Tekapo to Queenstown in a larger map257 kilometres sounds like a relatively short drive, but this leg is full of interesting stopping points and amazing scenery. If the leg from Christchurch were to lull us into a sense of complacency about the...
- Dining - Hikari Izakaya in Queenstown on Oct 18, 2009 in Reviews Dining
It was at Hikari Izakaya on Beach Street in Queenstown that we first discovered that Junior Grendel Number Two loves Japanese food. He has always been more interested in trying new things than his older brother but astounded us with the range of new...
- Road Remarks (Part One) - Christchurch to Lake Tekapo on Oct 16, 2009 in Route Comments Driving Safely
View NZ Roads and Routes in a larger mapI would highly recommend this drive as a great way to get accustomed to New Zealand driving conditions. At around 230 km it will take at least three and a half hours with rest breaks and I'd actually recommend...
- Highlights - Winnies Gourmet Pizza Bar on Oct 13, 2009 in Reviews Dining
While walking through the Queenstown Mall on our first day there we were accosted by a charming young lady bearing pizza. I have always found pizza to be an attractive accessory for a girl so we stopped and sampled what seemed to be a capsicum laden...
- Highlights - Rivers Cafe, Murchison on Oct 10, 2009 in Reviews Kiwi Coffee
After the stunning drive up the West Coast of the South Island we turned inland just South of Westport to follow the Buller River to the East. Murchison is in a lush valley once you come through the gorge and we were exhausted already by the drive wh...
- Highlights - C1 Espresso Christchurch (Updated post) on Oct 8, 2009 in Reviews Kiwi Coffee
We went to C1 yesterday morning - a quirky little caff that out-grunges Seattle and that also has (to the Junior Grendel's delight) a working Dr Who pinball machine and a shopping centre style pony ride (circa 1960-something).We went to four cafes in...
- Accommodation - Holiday Inn on Avon, Christchurch on Oct 8, 2009 in Reviews Accommodation
The Holiday Inn on Avon in Christchurch is an oddly pleasant place to stay. Odd because the layout of the hallways and rooms is rather like a cubist-inspired rabbit warren, but comfortable and right on a picturesque bend of the Avon River just 15 min...
