The Hughes Family Down Under Travels

Dubai, New South Wales

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:40:34 +0100

We were on a A380 and I for one was very disappointed. Although a fantastic peice of engineering and the onflight cameras , entertainment etc being first class. (the stairs at the back of the ground...

Mount Cook, New Zealand

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:54:37 +0100

The rainforest walk stayed at Franz josef top 10 campsite and there was a huge collections of vans and backp...

Wentworth Falls, New South Wales

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:47:54 +0100

Life in the Camper van The van is 7.5m long quite big and too big for a parking space. Its 3.4m high also I...

Christchurch, New Zealand

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:16:37 +0100

Things we liked about NZ Tim Tams (chocolate biscuits like penguins but triple the Chocolate) Saints Wine Ee...

Sydney, New South Wales

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:12:56 +0100

We checked in with Emirates who by the way have looked after us brilliantly. We played the now familiar game...

Christchurch, New Zealand

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:06:27 +0100

Last day in Christchurch We took the campsite's advice and we went to the flying fox around the corner on a...

Wellington, New Zealand

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:23:48 +0100

Well we didnt get to the rugby musuem, it was a shed attached to a rugby ground and they were closed for lunch but we went to the local shopping center to people watch and do the upload what you read...

Palmerston North, New Zealand

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:19:10 +0100

Auckland Well I can say this about Auckland its spread out. It took an hour on the bus from Manukau. We caught the bus as planned and it was interesting to people watch. I sat next to a complete raci...

Whangarei, New Zealand

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:46:08 +0100

Arrival in the land of the Long White Cloud.(Aotearoa in Mouri) Well we had another early start at 4:30am from our airport hotel across the road from Tullamarine airport. We got checked in really eff...