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| Day 1 11th Fri | a.m. Meet
in
Auckland in
morning, travel round
Auckland St Heliers, Kelly Tarlton, Mt Eden, Lunch: perhaps at Eden Gardens p.m. visit National Museum then Devonport for afternoon tea. Evening. dinner at a place yet to be decided Overnight. Harbourside Copthorne down on the waterfront. |
| Day
2 12th Sat |
am
Leave about 9.00 for Tauranga and Mt
Maunganui via
the Thames
highway... Lunch: 12.00-3.00 in Mt Maunganui at friends place. pm travel on to Rotorua. maybe hot pool spa?? Evening; dinner at a place to be decided. Overnight:-Stay at the Geyserland Hotel. |
| Day 3 13th Sun | am:-
Visit Ohinemutu and mayber the green lake. visit Whaka village Lunch at Whaka village or in the mall downtown. pm Agrodome; polynesian spa ;maybe an hour shopping Evening: Hangi and Concert. Overnight: stay again at theGeyserland Hotel. |
| Day 4 14th Mon | am
look st the museum in
Rotorua Gardens and then head to
Aratiatia rapids ( 10.00am) Lunch: yet to be decided in town maybe Replete?? pm. Golf for the lads and a ride on the lake for the lassies. maybe visit the bungy jump, AC baths, deBretts baths, craters of the Moon, Huka falls. Evening. dinner at the Ploughmans. Overnight: stay at the Ambassador Motor Inn. |
| Day 5 15th Tues | am: Big
breakfast at
the truckers diner?? then south to Turangi. On to the National Park and
maybe up to the Chateau. Lunch in Raetihi pm down the Paraparas to Waiwiri, the farm of John and Elspeth Siicely for a homestay. |
| Day 6 16th Wed | am
Meet
the group in Wanganui at 9.00 just on the town side of the Dublin St
bridge. Travel on to Wellington, diverting in to Southward Museum and
Paraparaumu and following the coast rd down to Raumati. Lunch: yet to be decided. pm Take in the view from Mt Victoria. Visit Te Papa. Evening: meal reound at where the Greta Tavern used to be ( or out to Eastbourne??) Overnight: yet to be decided...maybe the Island Bay Copthorne. |
| Day 7 17th Thursday | am..Inter
island ferry
crossing to Picton Lunch at a cafe in Picton. pm to the Mud House complex on Rapaura Rd near Blenheim. Visit another winery Lawsons Dry Hills. Evening: yet to be decided. Overnight: yet to be decided..either Picton or Blenheim. |
| Day 8 18th Friday | am:
Travel to Mussel boys in Havelock for
morning
tea then through Nelson to Mapua. Lunch: have lunch at the smokehouse at Mapua. pm go to Motueka and Kaiteretere beach and then back to Nelson. Evening: Dinner at the vegetarian restaurant. Overnight : the Harbour Motel. |
| Day 9 19th Saturday | am:
leave
Nelson through Wakefield and the Buller Gorge to Tauranga Bay. Lunch: at Tauranga Bay. pm visit the seal colony then on to Punakaiki and the Greymouth jade factory. Evening..dinner at Remmingtons. Overnight in Greymouth probably the Ashley Hotel.. |
| Day 10 20th Sunday | a.m.
travel via Reefton to Hanmer Springs Lunch: in Hanmer Springs. pm: play golf or enjoy the Springs! Evening: yet to be decided. Overnight: yet to be decided. |
| Day 11 21st Monday | am.
Motor
into Christchurch calling into Pegasus development on the way. Lunch: to be decided pm the Antarctic centre and the Museum Evening; Strawberry Fare if open. Overnight: Motel in Papanui Rd. (Camelot??) |
| Day 12 22nd Tues | am
Golf..
at Russley, Pegasus or Clearwater. Lunch to be decided pm travel through Geraldine to Lake Tekapo. Evening: to be decided Overnight: Tekapo |
| Day 13 23rd Wed | am: travel
via Omarama and Tarras to Wanaka Lunch: in Wanaka pm: Glendhu Bay and western suburbs. Rest of afternoon free. Evening: yet to be decided. Overnight: to be decided. |
| Day 14 24th Thurs | am:
Puzzle
world, Warbird Museum inWanaka and then to
Queenstown through Cromwell. Lunch: in Arrowtown pm: jet boat ride and the kiwi house Evening:to be decided Overnight: Terraces Hotel. |
| Day 15 25th Friday | am:
Zip-line adventure, Earnslaw steamboat Lunch: to be decided pm free time...golf?? Evening Gondola ride and the Skyline restaurant. Overnight: Stay at Terraces Hotel again. |
| Day 16 26th Sat | am
early
start before breakfast 7.30. Breakfast in Te Anau at 9.30. Lunch at Milford in cafeteria pm. boat trip on the Sound and the underwater platform if open. Return to Te Anau. Evening: dinner at the Baileys restaurant. Overnight: Stay at the Red Tussock Motel Farewell dinner. |
| Day17 27th Sunday | am
9.00
leave for Airport. (two hours driving) Lunch: to be decided maybe in Queenstown itself pm Flight leaves at 3.15pm. |