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Itinerary 2024 New Zealand & Australia
Day 1-2-3 Crazy Travel Day…
Day 4 First full day in Auckland
Day 5 Auckland Sites
Day 6 Auckland Weta Experience & Maritime Museum
Day 7 & 8 Mount Maunganui - beach & Hike the Mount !
Day 9 Drive to Rotorua - Redwoods Tree Walk
Day 10 Hike up a dormant volcano - Mt. Tarawera Crater
Day 10 Afternoon - Walk around Kuirau Park (public park in Rotorua) & mud bath
Day 11 & 12 Rotorua area (Huka Falls, Aratiatia Dam, Lake Taupo, etc.)
Day 13 - 15 Drive to Wellington (torrential rain) explore the city
Te Papa National Museum in Wellington - Gallipoli The Scale of Our War Exhibition
Day 16 - 17 Fly to Blenheim/Renwick and explore the vineyards
Day 18-19 Nelson with Boat & Hiking Tour in Abel Tasman National Park
Day 20-21 Bus to Greymouth & Visit to Hokitika Gorge, Great Coast Road & Pancake Rocks
Day 21 TranzAlpine Train to Christchurch
Day 22/23 Christchurch
Day 24 Fairlie & Lake Tekapo
Twizel, Mount Cook National Park; Hikes near three Glaciers, a sheep problem & a space capsule
Night in Apollo 11 Space Capsule
Day 27 Drive to Queenstown
Queenstown
Fiordland National Park & Milford Sound Boat Tour (day 2 in Queenstown, day 29 overall)
Drive to Dunedin (day 31)
Dunedin - Golf + Farmers Market, Otago Museum ! (Day 32)
Drive to Christchurch (prepare for Australia!)
Arrive in Australia - Melbourne
Explore Melbourne
Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition at The Lune, Melbourne
Phillip Island Tour & Penguin Parade
Skydeck views of Melbourne
Day at St. Kilda Melbourne
Great Ocean Road (wet & winding with golfing Kangaroos?)
12 Apostles & Port Fairy (golf).
Drive to Adelaide (kangaroo in the bush)
Adelaide - plus Glenelg, wine tasting in the Barossa Valley & Aussie Rules Football
Aussie Rules Football Festival Game at the Adelaide Oval
Sydney
Gold Coast (Burleigh Heads & area).
Brisbane
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