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| Thread ID: 143905 | 2017-05-10 00:47:00 | NZders prefer overseas trips? | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 1435109 | 2017-05-13 08:22:00 | My partner and I have cycletoured most of NZ except Stewart Is . We try to avoid big cities but also try to take lesser known roads each day . We find many small NZ towns rather uninspiring and only stay for one night . Some are worthy of a longer stay such as Pahia, Coromandel, Hanmer Springs, Kaikoura to name a few . However, the best tours have been in Central Europe where we have covered over 12,000km . The small towns are the real attraction with each being different and many worthy of a longer stay (more than one night) . It helps that they have very old buildings with lots of history, something NZ towns lack . The largest cities we tended to visit were less than 300,000 population . Large enough to be interesting, not too large to be overwhelmed (exception Paris) . Mostly, it was the journey each day which was the most interesting, rather than the destination . The same holds for much of NZ except for some areas which are rather boring to travel eg Southland Plains, Canterbury Plains . |
user (1404) | ||
| 1435110 | 2017-05-13 08:53:00 | So must be just the young overseas tourists that get into surfing, wild empty beaches, walks/tramps, mountains, bush, rivers and all that stuff we have loads of here. Most of the people I know who are into the outdoors are like me non born here New Zealanders. |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1435111 | 2017-05-13 23:55:00 | What I have experienced and noticed - and common in many NZ outdoor TV shows are the "B's" - Big Boy's...and Beaches (Notably Fishing), Boats, Boar hunting, Barbie's, and Beers. Also I believe, and noted by User above about history, is that we have a young European/English history (18'30's -40's?). hence nothing of visibly grand significance to visit. Currently I am studying with a Londoner Woman Tutor (in her early late 50's). She was off to Dunedin for a bit. I said visit the castle there. First thing she said, was that she's seen enough and visited many centuries old castles, palaces, estates, manors, etc. The early UK Auckland settlers generally just left their graves, street names, and dedicated parks. I saw a good discovery documentary of UK Castles, Manors, and massive estates. Waddleston Manor (goo.gl) stood out(Google Photo's). Would take a few days to visit about (been there?), the gardens/land alone.. Some castles supposedly have over 350 rooms, Seems though that the massive lands/estates are owned or run by some kind of UK land trust. |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1435112 | 2017-05-14 04:05:00 | Some castles supposedly have over 350 rooms, Seems though that the massive lands/estates are owned or run by some kind of UK land trust. That would probably be the National Trust which runs many of the attractions in the UK. If you belong, they are all free to visit, making it a cheap touristing day. If you join the NZ QE11 Trust, you get free entry into the UK National Trust sites. There is also a similar organisation which runs other tourist attractions of an historical nature so if you join both in the UK, it covers the majority of historic sites in the country. |
user (1404) | ||
| 1435113 | 2017-05-14 05:45:00 | That would probably be the National Trust which runs many of the attractions in the UK. If you belong, they are all free to visit, making it a cheap touristing day. If you join the NZ QE11 Trust, you get free entry into the UK National Trust sites. There is also a similar organisation which runs other tourist attractions of an historical nature so if you join both in the UK, it covers the majority of historic sites in the country. You mean English Heriatge |
gary67 (56) | ||
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