http://shannon.familypage.org.uk an English couple abroad! Fri, 30 May 2008 08:29:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We enjoyed seeing SO MANY personalised car number plates in New Zealand. If i can manage to get this technology to work...i shall try to post some photos that we took of some of these cars...! (Oooh, i can see you squeal with delight..!!) If that doesn't work, and lets ... http://shannon.familypage.org.uk/2008/04/23/nz-car-numbers/ After leaving Paihia in the northland, we travelled to Rotorua - it is one of the places in the world with a lot of volcanic activity going on. The crust of the earth here is the thinnest in the world at 5km.  It was rather weird walking through the park ... http://shannon.familypage.org.uk/2008/03/25/thin-crust/ Hi guys - hope you're all ok back there in the UK. As I write this I guess you'll be getting up for work or on your way there! We've had a really busy time since arriving in the North Island and even more so since meeting Ben, Abbey and brother ... http://shannon.familypage.org.uk/2008/03/20/north-island/ -35.282089 174.091053 ...we arrived in Abel Tasman National Park. It really is beautiful here - especially so as the sun is shining. Yesterday we got a water taxi to one of the picutresque bays and arranged to be picked up 6 hours later in another bay. The walk was meant to take 2 hours, ... http://shannon.familypage.org.uk/2008/03/09/just-when-we-thought-it-couldnt-get-any-better/ -40.903389 172.950364 Somewhere on the bloody south island in NZ Sheila...! Where are you...?!! Animals abound on this little rock (NZ) which is kinda neat! They say, when God created New Zealand, He just wanted to show the rest of the world how it should be done..!!  I can't comment really, because apparently Caz ... http://shannon.familypage.org.uk/2008/03/09/where-the-bloody-hell-are-you/ On Wednesday we went Whale Watching at Kaikoura. We saw a couple of sperm whales which was rather amazing. Unfortunately I felt sea sick (the following cruises that day were cancelled because the sea was too rough). So after the cruise I spent an hour on the beach all ... http://shannon.familypage.org.uk/2008/03/07/whale-watching-at-kaikoura/ -42.38999434161929 173.67942810058594 We spent 4 nights at a hostel in Christchurch - we even had a TV, fridge and en-suite facilities as well as a solar powered swimming pool, but unfortunately it's not been hot enough for a swim. We did some of the tourist-y things like riding the tram, going ... http://shannon.familypage.org.uk/2008/03/06/christchurch/ -43.5333333 172.6333333 We've been amazed at all the beautiful views (in fact someone said "It's God boasting!"). A 2 hour journey takes us at least 4 hours because we have to keep stopping to admire the scenery (either that, or risk going over the edge of some of the steep and windy ... http://shannon.familypage.org.uk/2008/03/02/weve-been-amazed-at-all-the-beautiful-views/ -45.879 170.5006 Hello you little bloggers (or are you bloggees?). Queenstown is nice - you should see it sometime. Lake Wackerteapoo (Wakatipu) is picturesque to the extreme. The 'Cafe Culture' along the lake front needs to be experienced - walking the board walk to live electric guitar music. A craft market for ... http://shannon.familypage.org.uk/2008/02/28/queenstown/ -45.031104 168.662731 book club 001Originally uploaded by shannon.caroline This is our book club http://shannon.familypage.org.uk/2008/02/19/the-book-club/