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Homer Tunnel and an Alpine Walk

Benedict Adam — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:41:11 +0000

The Homer Tunnel pierces through the Homer Saddle on the road that links Milford Sound to Te Anau and Queenstown. The tunnel is 1270m long and was once the longest gravel-surfaced tunnel in the world. Built from 1935 to 1954 and started [...]

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Backpacking Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Benedict Adam — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:26:30 +0000

Rarotonga is the main and most populated island in the Cook Islands, at 26 miles its small enough to cycle around in a day. The island is surrounded by pretty beaches and lagoons and the interior dominated by volcanic peaks [...]

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Edora – A little Lord of the Ring Adventure

Benedict Adam — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:41:34 +0000

We didn't go for any of the Lord of the Rings tours, instead, quite randomly on the way somewhere else decided to take our little rental car off on a little adventure in search of Edora from the Lord of the Rings, known as Mt. Somers to the locals.

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90 Mile Beach and the Northen Dunes, New Zealand

Benedict Adam — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:08:02 +0000

90 mile beach is located on the western coast of the far North Island of New Zealand, 90 Mile Beach is in fact not 90 miles long, it is actually 55 miles (88 Kilometers) long. The name came from the average [...]

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Old MacDonalds Farm, Able Tasman

Benedict Adam — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:30:09 +0000

Able Tasman is world famous for its coastal tracks that pass though rain forests, over granite cliffs and along golden sandy beaches. Located in Marahau at the southern end of Abel Tasman National Park, just 400 meters from the Park is [...]

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Baby Seals near Kaikaura, New Zealand

Benedict Adam — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:20:42 +0000

Driving in to Kaikora from Bleinhem there’s a lookout point over a colony of seals at Ohau point. Whilst we were there a lady told us about a waterfall we’d passed just up the road where you could see baby [...]

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Sheep on the road, New Zealand – Friday Photo

Benedict Adam — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:17:08 +0000

Sheep on the road, New Zealand, originally uploaded by benedict.adam. Sheep! Sheep on the road, New Zealand – Friday Photo is a post from: Backpacker Ben Travel Blog

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Milford Sounds, New Zealand

Benedict Adam — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:26:25 +0000

Declared the eighth Wonder of the World by Rudyard Kipling Milford Sounds is New Zealand’s most famous tourist destination, and not without good reason. Probably my highlight of a trip to New Zealand, located in the Flordlands of the South [...]

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New Zealand Albatross – Friday Photo

Benedict Adam — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:43:21 +0000

The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird, with the average wingspan being 3.1 metres. We saw this Albertross whilst on a Whale watching trip in Kaikoura on the East Coast of New Zealands South Island New Zealand [...]

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Moeraki Boulders, New Zealand

Benedict Adam — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:43:02 +0000

The Moeraki Boulders are huge spherical boulders lying scattered along a stretch of Koekohe Beach between Palmeston and Hampden. They are created from the erosion of mudstone by the waves. There extremely old and look amazing in the swell of [...]

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