Having run down my five must do’s on the North island of New Zealand, it only seems fair to address the south island as well. We spent two months touring New Zealand’s south island in the late Autumn, going from the very top to the very bottom and pretty much as many places in between […]
Archives for September 2011
Lord of the Rings Filming Locations in New Zealand
The entire Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, as imagined by Peter Jackson in the film adaption of the books, serves as a highly effective tourism advert for New Zealand. Having seen all the films, and being a bit of a Tolkien fan, it was inevitable that New Zealand would make it onto my list […]
Must See Sights on New Zealand’s North Island
A year in New Zealand gave me plenty of time to visit quite a lot of this spectacular country. Due to New Zealand’s handily compact nature though, you don’t need as much as a year to get to see most of the splendour on offer. If I was visiting New Zealand’s North island, and didn’t […]