Tag: Auckland
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Thursday 21 January 2010 Highlights: Erin’s delight in seeing us after so long away We cleared Customs very quickly. New Zealand treats Australians as residents for Custom purposes so it almost felt like being at home. After clearing Customs we heard ‘Andrew, Andrew’ which was Erin shouting for joy seeing her older brother again after…
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Wednesday 20 January 2010 Highlights: Spare seat on the long flight to New Zealand The flight was mostly uneventful; we did end up with a seat free between us as I had planned. Even better we were just in front of the entry door meaning we would get off the plane very early. Andrew started…
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Saturday 28 July 2007 – Photos Highlights: Qantas Melbourne International First Class lounge, Upgraded to Business Class after taking my economy seat 🙂 The trip is about two things, helping re-qualifying status for my next world trip and seeing Lord of the Rings sets.
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Sunday 5 March and Monday 6 March 2000 Highlights: Family hugs at the airport, Auckland Air New Zealand Lounge I guess plane trips like this make you miss home even more. Three flights, 30 hours in the air with two 3 hour stopovers in between. I did learn something while at the Auckland Airport, my…
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Friday 26 November 1999 Highlights: International flight. We left Auckland behind as we began our journey to the USA part of of trip for 64 days starting in Honolulu and ending in Los Angeles on Australia Day 26 January 2000. The first surprise today was the departure tax. I wonder if I while ever get…
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Thursday 25 November 1999 Highlights: Miscalculating taxi ride resulting in walking 6 kilometres to hostel. We got up early at 5.30 am and went to the Christchurch Airport to try and score a standby ticket. We eventually got one but it costs about $195 NZD which was move then then we originally planned. At 10.40…
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Sunday 14 November 1999 Highlights: Waitomo Caves Glow Worms We left Auckland today, will be back hopefully by the 26th to fly to Honolulu for the next stage of the trip. First stop today was at Cambridge for lunch with John & Shirley Stormont (a friends of Kevin Dagg, Jon’s dad). Very nice people. The…
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Saturday 13 November 1999 Highlights: Russell and Maiki (Flagstaff Hill) Today we hired a car and went up to the Bay of Islands. Also we decided that we will ditch the car in Wellington and instead of driving catch from Picton to Kaikoura to Christchurch only costing $35 NZ which seems like a bargain. Unfortunately…
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Friday 12 November 1999 Highlights: America’s Cup yachts, Ferry ride, Looking 50 floors straight down from a Sky Tower glass floor, Auckland Museum. First full day of the trip after a unexpected very hot night! I could barely sleep because my sleeping bag generates so much warmth. USA and UK winter weather later in the…
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Thursday 11 November 1999 Highlights: Start of a 117 world trip covering New Zealand, USA, United Kingdom and Ireland. Shadow animals. While attempting to leave Sunbury Kara’s dog Matty unfortunately got out luckily it only took 15 minutes to find him. The first leg in New Zealand is with my best friend Jon and sister…
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