Off to UnZud

We are also leaving next Monday week, 17 days South Island only in 6 Berth Britz Motor home. Will have EO sticker on it.

We are looking for rain and ice and green - I had a rain deprived childhood growing up in the Pilbara.

Cheers

Phil

Hi Bonz ,

You will get a blank look if you tell any sheep jokes , as over there sheep jokes are always told about us .

Don't talk about sport and you will stay friends with everyone . No sports jokes and don't mention rugby , netball or cricket .

You must go trout fishing if you get a chance - it's incredible over there .

Have a great time ,

Willie .

Baaaa...off to Helen Click's country eh ? Noo Zeland. Beautiful scenery but all those big hills get in the way. No population stress, they've all come here to work as used car salesmen in Brisbane.

Only kidding, one of my mates runs 4wd tours on the South Island. Just watch out for Ozzi jokes...same as out Kiwi jokes but in reverse!

And bite your tongue when they tell you that anything worthwhile was discovered/invented in NZ or that it's owned by Kiwis.

I'm sure you'll have a great time :))

Bonz I presume there will be 4 of you travelling in the motor home. We did 2 wks around the Sth Island over Christmas and New Year in a 4 berth and found it excellent. Heaps of power as well.

If there are more than 2 of you, what you may find is that the rear passengers will get travel sickness. We travelled with friends (they in their van we in ours) and they found that travel sickness was a real problem. Up side was that we had plenty of stops along the way to stretch the legs and take photos.

BTW food and booze is a lot cheaper than here and diesel fuel is about 30c a litre cheaper than ULP. Many shopping centres are open 24/7

We noticed that he only Motor Home with forward facing bench seats like a car was Pacific Horizon, Kea, Maui, Apollo etc all had seating around the table.

Also some vans will only afford good visibility out of the RHS of the vehicle so rear passengers only get to see half the story.

Enjoy your trip. We loved our first experience of motor homing it and definitely will do it again.

Tip if you have a hand held UHF take it with you.

Hi Family Bonz

Have fun and keep safe!

The Muddies
:)

Have a fabulous time. Last September while we were rather warm out in the WA Goldfields, our son and d.i.l. with 3 y/o in tow, spent two weeks touring NZ. They didn't do the camping thing, but hired a car and stayed at pre-booked accommodation. I couldn't believe how much snow and ice they saw. Most of the time, the weather was good, with only one or two rainy days.

Enjoy.

This icy lake has a thin layer of ice holding the 'icebergs'. The three y/o was able to walk on it a bit before the surface broke.

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Motherhen

Gush

It looks like evryones been to the Land of the Long White Cloud!

Must go back one day and spend some more time there.

Have a Happy Holiday, Bonz and family

Cheers

You will enjoy your trip over to little brother, especially the lack of humidity at this time of the year. Buy your booze cheap in the supermarkets, and stock up on industrial strength sandfly repellent for around the bush and the west coast. For free drinks in Canterbury province pubs, casually mention how great the Crusaders are doing in the super 14 without using words like seeks, eet, beet, shares, feesh & cheeps, ween, instead just mutter "moi oath" to everything.

cheers
T.R.

goodday bonz
you and yours have a great time
steve & denny

pack the fly rod

Bonz, Marie and Imi, have a great time there un Un Zedd. Thought of you on the Black Range Track today and Crofts too being towed by a Yota. See you in a couple of weeks guys

Never needed to go to NZ - I lived in kalgoorlie for 10 years

Bonz.
Good to see Ray has been helping you with info. You may have already heard of a good camping ground, spots, etc book that is printed here. Go to www.nzcamping.co.nz for a look. The web site is a bit vague on site detail so you have to buy the two books (1 North and 1 South) to get the full info. I find them well worth the money, otherwise you can drive right past spots and never know they are there. Have a great trip and I’ll keep an eye out for those EO stickers. (central Nth Is).

CliveG (NZ).

Bonz,

A quick trip report when you get back please,

If the Gods are with us, we intend to do a similar trip within the
next 6 months.

Intend to impose on Ray, or anyone else in NZ, for info.

Plan to take 10 - 15 days in a motor home to tour NZ.

MM me with the positives and minuses please.

Enjoy your holiday.......

Cheers
Michael

Hey Bonz

Have a great holiday with the family.

The Magela was 1.1 today when I took Philip through to a culvert to land his first Barra.

Cheers Steve.