Posts under ‘Travel’

Legacy conference on the Gold Coast – mint. 14 of us from work went over to Surfers Paradise for a great 3 day conference, staying at The Towers of Chevron Renaissance We had a mixture of 2 bedroom apartments and then one Sub Penthouse for us all to hang in and have pre-drinks each night [...]

Leaving SJ & Richs I headed south 2 hours for Berry to stay with Paul & Megan. They’ve just opened a new bike shop in town the weekend before I got there and I must say its looking very sharp. Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer var so = new SWFObject(“http://www.db798.com/pictobrowser.swf”, “PictoBrowser”, “500″, “500″, “8″, [...]

After Puzzle world, we caught up with none other than Kelly Gooch from high school. WE hadn’t seen him since school, some 15 yrs+ ago so we had tonnes to catchup on. Gooch has been living in Wanaka for the past few years, running the Snowscoot business. Was great to catchup. Owie was then treated [...]

Well Vito got his way today, we packed up and drove over to Wanaka from Queenstown this morning, taking in Arrowtown on the way, then to the world famous in Wanaka – Puzzle World. the world’s first “modern-styled” Great Maze, incredible Illusion Rooms, a Puzzle Centre/Café, large Gift Shop and eccentric architecture and oddities. We [...]

Well we cruised through Dunedin and down the South East Coast of New Zealand into the remote Catlins area. We rocked on up to a cool camping ground at the end of Curio Bay/Porpoise Bay, but instead opted for teh super new & impressive Salthouse Motel – awesome rooms. Just as well too, as the [...]

Onwards from Kaikoura to Christchurch for a wander around the old part of the city, an overnight stay then onwards to Lake Tekapo in the morning. WOW. What an awesome lake, super light blue (as its glacial fed) ,but bloody freezing. Vito and I took a swift dip (Vito was in slightly longer than I), [...]

Off traveling again. I fly into Blenheim tomorrow, in New Zealand’s South Island. Vito and Claire pick me up, then we drive down to do some whale watching in Kaikoura, then Christchurch, Dunedin, up to Queenstown and Wanaka, over to Milford Sounds, up the west coast to Hokitika for the Wild Food Festival. Then onwards [...]

What have I been up to lately? Things are great back in NZ, we’ve been away to Whitianga for a few days @ the beach, going on boat tours just like proper tourists as a refresher course in NZ. Yesterday we went to the Devonport Wine & Food Festival with mum and dad, Vito and [...]

Well, I’ve now finished my 5+ weeks of snowboarding, and am on my way back to San Diego, to fly out of Los Angeles on Monday night bound for Auckland, NZ. I think the last group email, other than the one the other day about heli boarding, was just after New Years Eve? Trust you [...]

Just walked back in the door after having been to Silverton boarding this morning, and Heli Boarding a couple runs there this afternoon. Man, that place was super steep & insane. You’ll all be surprised to hear that this was my last days boarding, and I am pretty much injury free. A slightly tweaked ankle [...]