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Topic "South island" was discussed 5,012 times on 734 sites in last 3 months
Started 20 hours, 41 minutes ago (2009-11-16 05:21:00)
by hankster
The New Zealand South Island Champs for on road Gas and Electric were held recently on the Ruapuna track in Christchurch. The weather was great for the 64 entrants spread over 4 Electric classes and 3 Nitro classes. After 5 rounds of qualifying it was very close in most classes with 8th gas being the closest with the top 6 separated by only 6 seconds. Finals were on Sunday and the only ...
Started 1 day, 15 hours ago (2009-11-15 11:01:00)
by Keydea
5 of us (3 very young adults! and 2 older adults) arrive in Christchurch on 29th December 09. We have 10 days returning to Christchurch on 7th Jan 2010 late afternoon. We will hire a car and think we want to go to: Akaroa, Kaikoura, Wanaka for New Year, Queenstown and Te Anau (for either Milford or Doubtful Sound). We'd be happy to know if we have missed anything we must ...
Started 2 days, 9 hours ago (2009-11-14 16:08:00)
by carrom
We leave home tuesday for a long trip and I'm now panicking as I look through all my travel plans! In a few weeks we have a flight arriving in Invercargill at 10am and a Night cruise leaving from Milford Sound at 4.30pm boarding at 4pm. Google and others give the non-scenic driving time as 4 hours. Is this realistic? Will we be in a mad rush? Will we find traffic? Are the flights ...
Started 3 days, 10 hours ago (2009-11-13 15:31:00)
by WanderingHope...
We will be in NZ most of December and January and will move from the North island to the South island on the 18th December. This means we will be in the South over Christmas. We will be touring by campervan so this will be our first Christmas camping. We are looking for an enjoyable but not too hectic time. Any good suggestion as to where and how we should spend Christmas ...
Started 4 days, 8 hours ago (2009-11-12 17:09:00)
by NDLauren
My sister-in-law is getting married in Napier at the beginning of February, and while my husband and I have mapped out the week of our itinerary around the North Island and her wedding, we are currently trying to determine our schedule for the second part of our trip. As this is my second trip to New Zealand and my first trip was solely focused on the North Island, we decided that ...
Started 4 days, 18 hours ago (2009-11-12 07:40:00)
by r_z19
Hello all, Can you please let me know if the south island has much snow in Spring and what is the scenery like at this time of year. The people going are keen to see snow etc
Started 5 days, 2 hours ago (2009-11-11 23:20:00)
by Tootsa10
Hi all, I'm headiing to New Zealand in January and would appreciate any comments or suggestions in relation to my proposed itinerary - Thanks DAY 1 – Friday 8th January 2010 Melbourne to AUCKLAND (5.00pm) Look around Auckland – (Sky Tower) DAY 2 – Saturday 9th January 2010 Auckland to PAIHIA (Via East Coast) Stop off at Leigh – ...
Started 5 days, 12 hours ago (2009-11-11 13:07:00)
by julieanne5
My husband, 2 kids (aged 12 and 15) and myself are spending a month in New Zealand during December (2 weeks North, 2 weeks South Island ). Hiring a motorhome in the North island and then planning to spend 2 weeks hiring a car and staying in motel/hotels. We are not sure what areas to spend Christmas and New Year in and would like any thoughts on this please. ...
Started 5 days, 22 hours ago (2009-11-11 03:03:00)
by RSS_News_User
AFP - Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations. View the Entire Article
Started 5 days, 23 hours ago (2009-11-11 02:03:00)
by RSS_News_User
AFP - Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations. View the Entire Article
Started 6 days ago (2009-11-11 01:03:00)
by RSS_News_User
AFP - Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations. View the Entire Article
Started 5 days, 23 hours ago (2009-11-11 02:03:00)
by RSS_News_User
AFP - Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations. View the Entire Article
I'm looking to go drive around the south island taking in as many highlights as possible with my brother. i have been devouring previous posts about itineiries and what is achievable in this time and would appreciate your thoughts on my proposed plan to do as much as possible .. day 1 land in christchurch and drive to kaikouri dec19 day 2 swim with dolphins and explore area ...
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-09 16:19:00)
by onshapiro
I wanted to get some advice regarding travel to South Island . We will be travellign to New Zealand at the end of the year and our base will be in Auckland with family. We would like to go for 5 days to the South Island. We will be travelling with two kids: 10 years old and 6 years old. I wanted to get some advice regarding what we should see and should we go through a tour group? ...
