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Working at Rakaia

August 24, 2008 17:37 by Sze Hau 11 Comments

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Last few weeks we moved out from Bleinhem and travel to several places at West Coast of New Zealand’s south island.

Our first destination was Westport. On the way to Westport, we stopped at Nelson Lake and Muncheison Falls. The scenic on the way to Westport is really nice and we also saw rainbow above the Mucheison. We stayed at Westport’s BBH and continue our journey the next day.

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We then moved to Franz Josef. On the way to Franz Josef, we stopped at Punakaiki. At Punakaiki we saw Pancake Rocks and Blowholes. The Pancake Rocks was formed by layered of rocks and the Blowholes was formed by the huge wave from the sea over the rocks.

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We stayed at a BBH at Franz Josef and the next day we went to Fox Glacier to hike the glacier (so called ice mountain?). We need to where crampon to walk on the glacier and it is not slippery and is not cold as expected. Glacier is formed by a compression of layer of snow from the top of the hill.

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We also went to Lake Matheson. At the lake, you can see the lake is like a mirror. You can see the scenic opposite is reflected on the lake. It was amazing!

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After the Fox Glacier tour, we moved to Hokitika and stayed one night. We the continue out journey to Hanmer Springs. At Hanmer Springs, we visited to the spa and it was so cool and amazing! It is an open air spa. It was snowing the time we were in the spa, cool! The surrounding scenic is very nice too. Something that don’t like much is that it is too packed, too many people. However we still very enjoy there.

After Hanmer Springs, we headed to Christchurch to take the Tranz Alphine coach. The coach is from Christchurch to Greymouth. It is a must if come to New Zealand. You will have a stunning views on the train!

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At Christchurch, we also went to a small town call Lyttelton to have our lunch. We ordered two burgers. The burger was as large as a plate and it is so yummy too!

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We then moved to Lake Tekapo to meet a few friends at there. They works as cleaner at the hotel near by. Lake Tekapo is a very small town and there is only a few shops and restaurant there. Luckily one of our friends’s boss is very kind, he offered a very cheap and very nice accommodation to us. We stayed there for 3 nights. We went to ice skating and hike mount John. We also made snowman at there! It was really fun there.

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Finally we have got a job offer at Rakaia and we have to move to Rakaia to start working the next two days. We unable to find any accommodation. At the end we now staying at holiday park which cost us NZD110 per week per person. One house (a really small cabin with 2 beds only) for two person, no toilet and kitchen. Kitchen and toilet are shared at the outside. It is so cold to walk to kitchen or toilet at the night and morning. It is much more difficult to take a bath as the toilet does not have any warming device. So pity of us…

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Filed Under: working holiday Tagged With: Chirstchurch, Fox Glacier, Franz Josef, Hanmer Spring, Hokitika, Lake Matheson, Lake Tekapo, Muncheison, Rakaia, Tranz Alphine, Westport

About Sze Hau

Geek. Love programming. Coffee addicted. Married with a child. Working towards financial freedom.

Comments

  1. Eunice Tan says

    August 27, 2008 22:10 at 10:10 pm

    So excited to found your blog and knowing that u r at NZ now. I plan to NZ working holiday alone next yr April (same as u all) after get my bonus. Still searching enough info before depart. What flight u all booking and what rate?

    Reply
  2. szehau says

    September 3, 2008 15:30 at 3:30 pm

    Hi Eunice, we took MAS flight and it was about RM1400. We bought the ticket at MAS fair so it is quite cheap.

    Reply
  3. ????fm Tauranga says

    September 4, 2008 07:22 at 7:22 am

    ??????? ???????…????????~~
    ?? ???????? ?????? ??????? ???st???
    ????? ?????? ????
    ??????????~~ ^______^

    Reply
  4. ??? fm Tauranga says

    September 4, 2008 07:24 at 7:24 am

    what!!!! why not i cant leave chinese….
    so sad….
    see u soon

    Reply
  5. szehau says

    September 8, 2008 12:15 at 12:15 pm

    Oh… I’m so sorry. I don’t know why you can’t write Chinese in my blog. Let me try 哈

    Reply
  6. Stephanie says

    September 8, 2008 21:29 at 9:29 pm

    Hi Sze Hao,
    Same like Eunice, I am excited to found your blog too:p
    I plan to go new zealand in April next year also, as I have applied and approved.
    Hope that everything runs smooth and I can find a job there:)
    Take good care in New Zealand ya^.^

    Reply
  7. Stephanie says

    September 9, 2008 09:29 at 9:29 am

    Hi Sze Hau,
    Same like Eunice, I am excited to found your blog too:p
    I plan to go New Zealand in April next year also, hope that everything runs smooth and can find a job there:)
    Take good care in NZ ya! ^.^

    Reply
  8. Eunice Tan says

    September 11, 2008 07:50 at 7:50 am

    Wow….the ticket u bought so cheap.
    I’d checked the others, Qantas would be the cheapest but it cost SGD 1016. Should wait travel fair.

    Reply
  9. szehau says

    September 11, 2008 09:49 at 9:49 am

    ??? fm Tauranga: 哈, 可以寫華語了!

    Reply
  10. szehau says

    September 11, 2008 09:50 at 9:50 am

    Hi Stephanie, thanks for visiting my blog. Good luck to you too!

    Reply
  11. i m QC says

    September 14, 2008 20:02 at 8:02 pm

    我來檢查你的辦事效率高不高
    看樣子 還行 ^^b

    Reply

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