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Arriving in Australia

On Friday, January 19th we arrived in Australia for the next part of our trip. We will likely (hopefully) spend 10 weeks exploring this vast, beautiful country. We started our trip in Melbourne because Steffen has had a life-long dream to go to the Australian Open which is running from January 12-February 1st. He, Hannah…

5 Days in Christchurch

We ended our six week trip to New Zealand’s South Island with five days in Christchurch. Christchurch suffered a devastating earthquake on 22 February 2011, and they are still feeling the effects. The February 2011 earthquake came six months after another big one, so the buildings and infrastructure were already weakened. It also was on…

Twizel, Lake Tekapo and Aoraki (Mt Cook)

We spent four nights in miniature cabins at Lake Ruataniwha Holiday Park & Motels in Twizel, a small town in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand which was a great jumping off point for exploring the area. When we arrived, we were quite surprised by the size of the two cabins…