jueinnz

sixty mile beach, goes on forever and people drive cars on it???? We got a bus trip that ended up at the northernest point in NZ (not gonna try to spell it cause you will all laugh!!!) where the two seas met and on the way up went to see gum forests and kauri trees and sand surfed and drove along the beach on a bus!!!

southerner

The top 10 according to the NZ public on the AA website are:

Fiordland NP
Abel Tasman
Stewart Island
Milford Sound
Doubtful Sound
Marlborough Sound
Ruapehu
Camping anywhere
Glaciers
Bay of Islands

http://www.aatravel.co.nz/101-must-d...is/gallery.php

My own Top 10 are:
Milford Sound
Stewart Is
Dunedin/Otago Peninsula
Abel Tasman
The Far North
Marlborough Sounds
Queenstown/Central Otago
Mt Cook
Glaciers
A "tramp" off the beaten track

SirEglamore

Hi Southerner.

Where in Dunedin are you. we're looking at slightly north like Karitane/Seacliff way on. Only stumbling block at the mo is a job offer. Hospital wants people now, not in a couple of months. might need to send OH out there by herself to get one . Trying to balance house sale with getting ITA here and sent back . stressed or what

P2L

Have you thought about going on a work visa and doing your PR once you're out there? That's what we're looking at doing . Waiting for job offer to come through ( hopefully tonight) but companies looking for us to be out there by mid Jan/Feb, so no other way for us to turn it around in that pace of time

southerner

We're in one of the hill suburbs fairly close to central town.

Karitane is really nice - can put you in touch (if you like) with another Brit who has stayed there when they first arrived. They loved it.

danny.f

Where does the helihike go from? How much is it?

Maz

Ooh I like the idea of the helihike! We went in a helicopter over the Grand Canyon a few years back, it was amazing!

danny.f

We did the helicopter flight over Lake Taupo. Best thing we ever did. My 3 yr old with ear protectors on. Well funny. Will do it again when we go.

Jack The Lad

Hey Southerner apart from the BOI theyre all in South island. Owt up norf?

SirEglamore

I think you still need a job offer for work to res. and we're too old for a working holiday one

SirEglamore

I'll take you up on that a bit nearer the time Thanks Southerner

karonious

Best place to visit in NZ?

Our house, because once our stereo finally gets here, we hold the best parties ever...(I like to feed my guests) Invite yourselves and I will fit you in...

Pompey_Paul

Kaikoura - Swim with Dolphins....the best thing i ever did full stop.

GowHow

North Island highlights for me were

Bay of Islands - take the boat ride through the hole in the rock
Giant Kauri Trees in Northland forests - just awesome
Coromondel peninsula coastal drive and narrow guage railway in coromondel town
Rotarua was good, but a bit smelly
Napier was good, but I felt a bit young (full of retirees)
Huka Falls - helluva lot of water going very fast!
Tongariro National Park. We only managed to climb up Mt. Ruapehu but the views were awesome (see pic on who are we talking to thread)

Read my blog for a bit more info on what we managed on our trip

Maz

You might be asking for it!

That sounds amazing. I want to do that!!