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0.This is the on-line travelogue of Treve Kneebone and Katrina Lomax. The couple, from the small English tow of Windsor, were embarking on an epic voyage of dsove to the four corners of the world from June 2005 to January 2006.
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1.Merry Christmas folks from Christchurch on the South Island of New Zeland!
2.We've just spent a fantastic three weeks touring New Zealand in our trusty campervan, Sandy. We've en such diver landscapes on the beautiful islands and can only attempt to give you a brief snapshot of our adventures here ...
3.Our Kiwi2 adventure began on a chilly evening on the last day of November,where bargaining for a taxi to take us to central Auckland reminded us very much of Bangkok. As we pulled up to the Auckland City Hotel we realid that once again we were staying in the red light district.
一月英语4.Feeling refreshed after a good night's Sleep we t out to explore the dizzy heights of central Auckland. This sophisticated waterfront city was in a similar vein to Sydney, but of cour much smaller. We explored the coffee shops and boutiques of the side streets and visited the excellent art gallery.
5.The following day, the rental campervan was delivered and it was timeto hit the road, Basically a transit van with mattress, coolbox and gas stove in theback, Sandy一as the ownershad fondly named her - would be ourhou onwheels for thenextthree and a half weeks.After a few cautious laps around the carpark we hit Highway 1 south to the townof Rotorua.
6.It's true what people had warned us- the whole place stank of the sulphur spewed out by the many geyrs that litterRotorua and the surrounding landscape.It was amazing to e and walk amongstthe bubbling mud pools and hot springs- geography teachers would have a field day here!
7.So with our nos full of the delicious aroma of rotten eggs, we headed south towards the“kingdom of Mordor”near Tarangi, just south of Lake Taupo.There we were overwhelmed by a largegroup of school kids who would be tackling the famous Tongariro Crossing the following day. This is a challenging fullday's trek across the volcanic landscapethat towered above us. We plodded up thelower flanks in the van the following day,only to be engulfed by the thick fogshrouding the peaks.
8.The scenery as we raced southwards towards Wellington looked like a t for Hobionf, with rounded grassy knolls! Thewere terraced from top to bottom createdby the constant tramping of grazing sheep.
9.“Windy Welly”certainly lived up to its nickname, as weblewinto the southernmost town of the North Island. Wellington, being the capital city of New Zealand, is a large and bustling place builtaround an active port.
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10.Whilst waiting for the ferry across to the South Island, we snatched some sleep in the port-side car park一our first experience of rough camping in the van and probably not our last. The rough crossing to Picton pasd like a dream as we crashed out on the cafeteria ats. At we awoke to amazaccordance
ing views of fjords t beside glassy water and knew that our true Kiwi adventure had just begun. We had heard so much about the South and knew that we wouldn't be disappointed.
11.We drove bleary-eyed through remote villages and rolling countryside until we found another kip-spot in a lay-by surrounded by hills and sheep. We were nearly suffocated a few hours later as the remarkably strong Kiwi sun burnt the roof of our tin-shed on wheels and we felt like a couple of roast chickens in an oven.
12.Treve's cousin Simon had emigrated to New Zealand with his wife Soo and daughter Ella 3 years previously, so we were very keen to pop in and catch up witha few friendly faces.
13.Pulling into their dusty drive in the rolling hills just outside Nelson, we were greeted by more faces than we had bargained for as their troop of furry alpacas came bounding towards the fence.
14.Simon and the family emed to have become great experts at all things alpaca-related and they were very excited to have just nt off their first batch of wool that they had hand-sheared一it would soon be returning as balls of the highest quality wool.
15.We took the chance to visit Nelson,an attractive town full of cafes. We also did an amazing coastal walk in the Abel Tasman National Park, watching a kayakers glide in between the rainforest-clad islands that lttered the bay.
16.It would have been great to have been able to spend a few more days with Simon, Soo and Ella, but with so much to e down south with so little time, it was time to hit the road again.
17.We climbed southwest out of Nelson, up in the Nelson Lakes National Park, gingerly winding our way through forested mountain pass, stopping all too briefly to enjoy the tranquilscene at Lake Rotoiti. We were soon chad away by theinfamous nibbling sandfly. Pressing everfurther southwest, we finally emerged onthe west coast at Foulwind Bay nearWestport.
18.Further south, the coastal landscape became more dramatic as the mountainssloped down sharply to meet the a andstacksof rock jutted out from the craggyshoreline.
19.Another few hours of driving and we arrived in Hokitika, where New Zealand jade is mined. The town's only reason for“being s to be the pdding of jade, or"greenstone" as its called here. The jade itlf is owned by the local Maori tribe and has to be airlifted out by helicopter from the inaccessible mountains just inland.
20.It was from here that we got our first glimp of the snow-covered high mountains of the Southern Alps, quite bizarrely from the beach.
21.We arrived at the alpine-style township of Franz Jof, The main touristevent there was the trek to the Franz JofGlacier - an hour's walk up the valley,carved out by the mighty glacier. This awe-inspiring feature dominated the wide,deep-sided valley, glistening at its snow-covered peak and snaking its way furtherup, ending in a blue-tinged craggy face,split with bottomless ravines. Thephotos of Victorian tourists messing about
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n rowing boats at the foot of the glacier illustrated how much the ice had recededduring the last century一another sign ofglobalwarming. As we approached theface, an icywind blew its way down the valley, overthe glacier and reminded us that wewere looking at the power of nature in action!
22.A 30-minute drive down the valley brought us to a village built at the foot of the Fox Glacier. We walked around the near-by Lake Mathieson and saw picturepostcard reflections of Mt Cook and MtTasman in the mirror-like : surface of thelake. Truly the “View of views
23.Passing prehistoric-looking beaches and swamps on the way to the Haast Pass, we stopped off at Ship Creckand watched Hector dolphins (the world'ssmallest marine dolphin at 1 metre inlength) surfing the waves and generallyhaving a good time performing for thetourists! Dashing back to the van to escapethe ever-prent sandflies, we climbed theHaast Pass, where the scenery regainedits loftystature.
24.Narrow, hair- raisingly sharp bends twisted and turned us past stunningly clearlakes and waterfalls, only parting when wearrived at Lake Wanaka. Wanaka is NewZealand top tourist destination, sO wetook full advantage of the campsiteoverlooking the lovely Lake Wanaka,which acts as an inland beach and fromwhere the snow-capped peak of MtAspiring can be en.小学英语语法总结
25.The following day, we headed south following turquoi blue rivers through deep gorges to Arrowtown, just outside of Queenstown.
26.It was great to meet up with Joby Karla once again一a couple we met inthe Blue Mountains near Sydney and whohave now emigrated to New Zealand. Karlawas a great tour guide and gave a fullrunning commentary as she drove us allaround the sights of Queenstown!
成衣纸样27.Queenstown itlf is the adrenaline capital of New Zealand and t in dramaticalpine scenery. This tourist town had areal ski feel to it and was even completewith a cable car. Being the gateway to thesurrounding ski areas, all of the shops were geared towards the great outdoors.deep gorges to Arrowtown, just outside of Queenstown.
28.Only a short distance west as the crow flies, but a surprisingly long drive south, then west is the town of Te Anau,the gateway to Fjordland and Milford Sound. Te Anau was again t around an idyllic lake, the cond largest in the wholeof New Zealand and formed by a glacier.We thought the scenery couldn't get any better, until we drove along the dramaticMilford Highway towards the Sound. Inthe space of 30 minutes, after passingthrough a mountain tunnel, we droppedpast glaciers down steep rock u-shapedvalleys, tumbling with veins of water,down to the quays at Milford.reminded
tomoya29.During the 2-hour boat trip, we ventured out into the Sound (in fact a fjord) towards the Tasman Sea, passing incredibly steep cliff faces which emed to tower above us, often cascading with waterfalls.
30.Onwards then eastwards, across the flat plains of Central Otago to the kilt- wearing city of Dunedin. This city felt so Scottish, there were even ba
gpipe-playing buskers in the streets. Then we went on northwards.
31.So here we are now in hristchurch, the most English of Kiwi towns. You can all heve a sgh of reiei that we have almost finished this epic!
