I'll be renting a car while in NZ (God help the other drivers), but what about Sydney? Would a car just be an encumbrance there? How good is public transportation and/or taxis, Uber, etc?
On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 8:13 PM, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > Gee I don't know where to start. I'd say spend the entire trip on NZ's South > Island but I'm slightly biased. > > To be honest I haven't seen much of the North Island but I've heard good > things about Rotorua, the Bay of Islands and the Coromandel Peninsula. > Wellington (our capital city) is lovely on a good day and you might be lucky > enough to get one in December. > > Just about anywhere in the South Island is worth a visit. Marlborough > Sounds, Golden Bay, the southern lakes (Tekapo, Pukaki, Wanaka, > Wakatipu/Queenstown, Te Anau), the West Coast, Fiordland. The Kaikoura coast > is very scenic, maybe if you're lucky the road will have reopened by then. If > it hasn't, the alternative route through the Lewis Pass is also spectacular. > If wine is your thing, there are plenty of wineries in Marlborough and > Central Otago. Dunedin and Christchurch are both very nice. > > I've visited Sydney a few times and it has to be about the world's prettiest > big city. It'll be heaving on NYE! > > Cheers, > Dave > >> On Jan 18, 2017, at 10:59 AM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks to a frequent flyer program, looks like we are headed to the >> land down under Dec 2017. Landing in Sydney then making our way to NZ >> north Island then south, then returning to Sydney for the New Year's >> Eve celebrations. >> >> Any suggestions for photo ops from those familiar with those spots? >> I'll probably take a nicer zoom lens or two plus the K-1 hopefully. >> >> Was thinking of splitting the time evenly through those 3 >> destinations, but I hear the NZ south island is spectacular and might >> warrant more time than the others. Any input? >> >> Thanks in advance for any suggestions. >> >> --Gonz >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -- Reduce your Government Footprint -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
