2003 Itinerary

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Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

  1st April 2003 2nd

12:15 Depart UK

LHR->SNG
QF32

3rd

08:00 Arrive Singapore

 


Shangri-La

4th

20:55 Depart Singapore

SNG->SYD
QF320

5th

06:15 Arrive Sydney
09:25 
SYD->WGN
QF47

14:35 Arrive
Wellington.
Met by us with 3 cars

6th

Palmy

 

7th

Palmy

8th

Palmy

9th

South Island Trip:
Hire Toyota
Previa  from PN Drive to Wellington
(2 hrs)
LOTR Exhib
"Annie"
Manor Inn

10th

08:00-10:15
Lynx Ferry
Drive to Hamner Springs
 
(200 km's)

The Heritage

11th

Lunch in Christchurch,
Lake Tekapo, 
Mt Cook etc
(430 km's -
6 hrs)

Lake Tekapo Scenic Resort

12th

Puzzling World, Queenstown
(200 km's -
2.5 hours)


Sherwood Manor Hotel

13th

Queenstown:
Gondolas,   
Milford Sound trip

Roaring Megs

Sherwood Manor Hotel

14th

Queenstown
Arrowtown
Shotover
Bungy
Caddyshack Mini Golf

Sherwood Manor Hotel

15th

Drive over Haast Pass, Franz Josef Glacier
(400 km's -
5.5 hrs)
Punga Grove Motor Lodge

16th

Pancake Rocks 
(150 kms -
2 hrs)

Paparoa Park Motel
Punakaiki

17th

Nelson
(200 km's)

Honest Lawyer Pub

Amber Court Motor Lodge

18th
Good Friday

13:30-16:30
Arahura Ferry

Back to Palmy
(350 km's)
19th

Palmy

20th

Drive Palmy to Lake Taupo (240 km's - 3 hrs)

Caboose Hotel

21st
Easter  Monday

Taupo to Waitomo, Visit Caves (150 km's - 2 hrs)
Taupo Bungy
Abseil Inn B&B
22nd

Waitomo to Auckland (180 km's - 2.5 hrs)


Oakwood Manor

23rd
Tev's B/day
Return Previa

17:55 Burrs depart
from Auck

AKL->LAX
QF25
Oakwood Manor
24th
Willy's B/day

L.A.




25th
ANZAC Day (Public Hol)

20:00 LAX->LHR
BA268

 

26th

14:20 Burrs arrive UK

 

27th
28th

School Starts

29th 30th 1st May 2nd 3rd

 

4th

 

 

 

5th

 

 

 

6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

 

11th

15:50 Gilmartin's
depart
from Well

WGN->SYD
QF48

12th

Sydney

 

13th

Sydney

14th

Sydney

15th

Alice Springs

 

16th

Alice Springs

17th

Outback Tour

Desert Gardens Hotel

18th

Ayres Rock

 

 

19th

Cairns
Barrier Reef

20th

Cairns

 

21st

Cairns
Safari

 

22nd

Singapore

 

23rd

Singapore

 

24th

8:20 Arrive Heathrow

25th

 

 

 

Other Interesting Websites:

Pure NZ (Tourist information site)
NZ Travel Planner  
Flying With Kids (loads of links for things to do etc)
Where another UK family went
Another UK couple's Account
Uniquely New Zealand
An American's Account of the South Island
More American's travels
An Englishman who walked New Zealand
Some other crazy things to do in NZ
Temperatures

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