Travel
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My Picks and Tips – Queenstown Holiday With Kids
Read more: My Picks and Tips – Queenstown Holiday With KidsMy top picks and tips for a family holiday in Queenstown with your family with kids in tow, with cheap and fun activities – including a $50 Airbnb credit voucher – and what we got up to that I’d personally recommend. Glenorchy Animal Experiences A sheep almost CLIMBING THE FENCE trying to get our animal feed.…
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I’m off to Australian Fashion Week: what I’m taking
Read more: I’m off to Australian Fashion Week: what I’m takingI’m normally quite the planner. I love lists. I even make numbered lists – which you don’t have to tick off in order, but bonus points if you do. So it is with great excitement that I’m planning a trip for my very first time, to Australian Fashion Week 2018, and making a list. Luckily…
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My trip aboard Celebrity Cruise liner Celebrity Solstice in Auckland
Read more: My trip aboard Celebrity Cruise liner Celebrity Solstice in AucklandI am starting the school holidays off well, with a trip aboard Celebrity Cruise liner Celebrity Solstice for facials and massages while the luxury liner is in Auckland on Sunday. I met the other media and our hosts for the day, Pauline and Keely of Dock Street Group, on Princes Wharf and we boarded with…
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Travel: My top 5 Things To Do in the Coromandel with kids
Read more: Travel: My top 5 Things To Do in the Coromandel with kidsIf you are considering travelling to the Coromandel peninsula in New Zealand – especially with children in tow- I have a few recommendations of things I personally enjoyed from taking my own family there this month, January 2018. Here are my top five things to do in the Coromandel with kids, with pricing, as I…
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De-light-ful Sydney: I went to Vivid Sydney and loved it
Read more: De-light-ful Sydney: I went to Vivid Sydney and loved itI went to Vivid Sydney, and, if you excuse the pun, found it completely de-light-ful. It’s been my dream to go to Vivid Sydney, the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas, so when I was offered the opportunity to see it with Destination NSW I leapt at the chance. The annual festival is held from…
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Travel: Highlights of Queenstown in Autumn 2017
Read more: Travel: Highlights of Queenstown in Autumn 2017In this latest travel post, I share my travel diary in pictures, of highlights of our trip to Queenstown in Autumn 2017. We travelled with young children, and so this might be useful for ideas and tips for other families who are planning to travel to Queenstown, Arrowtown and Lake Hayes in the South Island…
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Editor’s Pick: What’s new and cool in Takapuna
Read more: Editor’s Pick: What’s new and cool in TakapunaIn this latest Editor’s Pick column, I check out what’s new and cool in Takapuna on Auckland’s North Shore, including hot new cafe Street Organics, local produce retailer Gourmet Heaven, Royal Enfield motorcycles at Experience Motorcycles, Japanese-style spa treatments at Ikoi Spa, and famous New Zealand fashion at Federation Clothing. Street Organics I checked out…
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Highlights of Japan in Winter in March 2017
Read more: Highlights of Japan in Winter in March 2017Here are highlights of Japan in Winter in March 2017. I’ll include place names and times and some prices in NZ dollars in case that’s helpful for anybody planning their own trip. I highly recommend you go! Last time I went to Japan two years ago I bought a JR Rail Pass but this time…
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New Zealanders love to travel! Here’s how to holiday safely
Read more: New Zealanders love to travel! Here’s how to holiday safelyNew Zealanders love to travel, but holidaying overseas can be a risky business. Worldcare Travel Insurance customers are able to explore the world, in the knowledge that they’ve got travel insurance cover and are protected by the world’s leading assistance network, Allianz Global Assistance. With AGA’s 400,000 global service providers and medical assistance specialists at…
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Packing for Japan in March: what to take in Winter
Read more: Packing for Japan in March: what to take in WinterTravelling in Winter can be slightly more tricky than in Spring and Summer, in terms of the extra items you need in the colder months that tend to bulk out your luggage and suddenly you’re over weight at the airport. Here are my tips for packing for Japan in March, which is the end of their…