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Unpredictable Weather
Friday evening whilest out for coffee and muffin, we some how managed to win 2 set of tickets to the open air cinema in the south bank...

Liam
Oct 30, 20123 min read


Culture Update
Made our way into culture quarter and south bank which seems to be turning into a daily ritual. We made our way to the museum to get...

Niamh Connellan
Oct 21, 20122 min read


All Blacks
One of my highlights this year has to be seeing some of the rugby world champions New Zealand All Blacks this morning in Queen street...

Niamh Connellan
Oct 19, 20121 min read


Dreamworld
The start to the day - Saturday 17th - didn't go quite according to plan, as we got off the bus and walked the the distance to the Park...

Liam
Oct 18, 20123 min read


Brisbane Update
Quick update: Now we are settled into Brisbane, its finally nice to be unpacked and not to be living out of a suitcase. We are living in...

Liam
Oct 18, 20122 min read


Sydney
Flight landed into Sydney Int. Airport about 8 am, after collecting baggage and such, the most long and tedious wait through passport...

Niamh Connellan
Oct 8, 20123 min read


Bottom Bus Adventure
Check out from Nomads was 10 am. Leaving time for the bottom bus tour was at 10.30. Nearly missed the bus due to a skype call from home, and trying to book flights to Sydney. Made our way from Queenstown to Dunedin, which is the home of Speight’s brewery and Cadbury World. Soon after leaving realised, we were missing few items, but after getting into contact with one of the girls from Manchester on the tour, Giulia, - our guardian angel :-) -crisis was averted, as she got the

Niamh Connellan
Sep 23, 20128 min read


New Zealand Week Three
Check out the next morning Monday 19 th was at half 9, and we started our journey south towards Franz Josef. We drove through a town called Ross, which is famous gold mining town. Shortly after a short drive of just under an hour, we stop in small town called Pukekura for morning coffee break. We head south to the Franz Josef Glacier village, nestled in the Westland National Park, passing numerous kettle lakes along the way. These lakes are created as glaciers retreat and le

Niamh Connellan
Sep 23, 20124 min read


New Zealand Week Two
Left Base Taupo at 9.15 am Monday 10th heading towards Tongariro National Park, where some of the background scenery for the Lord of the...

Niamh Connellan
Sep 17, 20127 min read


New Zealand Week One
August 31 st we got the Intercity train from Ennis to Dublin via Limerick Junction, leaving at 10.15. We arrived into Heuston at 13.20. The Journey up was pleasant and mostly uneventful; we were surrounded by Americans, who were on the train up from Killarney for The Gathering American College Football game – Notre Dame vs. The Navy. Once we got off the train we got the Luas from the station into city centre getting off at the abbey street stop. From O’Connell Street got the

Niamh Connellan
Sep 9, 20128 min read
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