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Kiwi Madness – Heliskiing in New Zealand

By On January 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Skiing in New Zealand? Most definitely, and you won’t need to drive far from Christchurch to take advantage of raw slopes that will challenge even the best skier. In fact, you can journey so far off the beaten path that you’ll need a helicopter to drop you off. Are your juices flowing yet?

Methven Heliskiing [...]

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Backpacking Interview with Australia’s Travel Tart

By On November 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment

What are the 3 most important things in your backpack?
The backpack itself, my camera and my remote controlled fart machine. Actually, not the last one, because the fart machine looks like a remote controlled explosive device, and I’m not game enough to try and send that through the airport detectors.

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I really miss living in New Zealand!

By On November 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I really miss living in New Zealand! The latest promo video from the team Pure New Zealand says it all:

It’s so fresh, so unspoilt, so outdoorsy….

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Part 2 Globodave’s Guide to Backpacker Jobs and How to Find Work When Travelling

By On August 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Part 2 – Globodave’s Guide to Backpacker Jobs and How to Find Work When Travelling!

Here’s the second instalment of my guide to finding work abroad in the guise of a backpacker! This shorter section will explore the methods a hard up traveller can use to source work whilst overseas based on my own first [...]

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I want to be in New Zealand’s Hooker Valley

By On April 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment

As I may have mentined before I live in Liverpool, UK. It’s a cool city, full of friendly scousers, packed with world igniting history and home to the best football team in the world (they wear blue and go by the name of Everton FC – there aren’t any others worth mentioning right?). HOWEVER, I [...]

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The Great East Cape of New Zealand

By On January 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Wopwops! A term used by Kiwi’s to describe a vast area of remote bush country which aptly describes the stunning East Cape of New Zealand’s North Island, a fantastic example of classic wopwop land! Having spent two weeks driving from Opotiki to Napier I discovered an unspoilt, undeveloped and ruggedly scenic region that most backpackers [...]

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The Cherry Grading Experience – Backpacker Work in NZ

By On January 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Here’s an excerpt from a journal I kept as I decided to ‘grade’ cherries for a small part of my life:

Travelled down West Coast of NZ; rainforest running right down to the pounding ocean, the stuff excellent seascape photography is made of. It rained a lot but that was understandable being a rainforest and [...]

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Rotorua Geothermal Wonderland Travel Guide

By On January 20, 2010 · 2 Comments

Slap bang in the middle of the Bay of Plenty lies Rotorua, a fascinating little city with more than enough to keep even the most restless itchy-footed backpacker happy for a few days. This geothermal, heavily Maori influenced hot spot (literally) is only 2.5hrs from Auckland, an hour from the Mt Manganui beach and 2.5hrs [...]

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Hitchhiking from Rotorua to Bay of Islands in New Zealand

By On January 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Desperate to see the Bay Of Islands, in New Zealand’s northern tip, I decided to risk hitching. One of my colleagues at the local pub I worked at in Rotorua, the Pig and Whistle, clarified the risk element perfectly; ‘don’t hitch you’ll get murdered’. Cheers. I thought bugger it and went anyway (I had a [...]

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Campervan Hell in Western Australia

By On January 20, 2010 · 1 Comment

Hiring a campervan sounded like the perfect option for our huge road trip from Perth to Darwin, covering the length of the wild and rugged state of Western Australia. The freedom to go where we wanted when we wanted was important. In reality, our experience was a tad different.

We began the trip in style, [...]

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