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Category Archive: New Zealand

Burger Wars: Finding The Best Burger In NZ

You may have heard of Fergburger, an extremely popular gourmet hamburger restaurant in Queenstown, New Zealand. But do they serve the best burger in New Zealand, or even the world? It was our goal to locate the best burger restaurant […]

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Hello Harriett – A Four-Week Old Baby Giraffe

At the beginning of December 2012, an adorable giraffe calf was born at the Orana Wildlife Park in Christchurch, New Zealand. We were unaware of this when we ventured to Orana but as we approached the Rothschild’s giraffe habitat, the two […]

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Feeding Lions – Up Close And Personal

In all honesty, previous animal encounters we’ve had have been fairly tame. Sure they’ve been fantastic fun but they haven’t been truly adventurous. We’ve hand-fed giraffes in Seattle, interacted with beluga whales in San Antonio and rode Icelandic Horses in […]

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Penguins + Architecture = Oamaru

Many who road trip around New Zealand’s South Island go directly from Dunedin to Christchurch or vice versa without bothering to check out what’s in between the two cities. We were fortunate enough to have a night to spare so […]

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Taking On The Steepest Street In The World

Baldwin Street, located approximately 3.5 kilometers northeast of Dunedin‘s City Centre, is recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the steepest street in the world. So naturally when we were in town, making our way to the top of […]

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Images of Dunedin – The Edinburgh Of The South

Dunedin was our first stop in New Zealand and as we went on our customary stroll around the city to get our bearings, we were soon in awe of the city’s architecture – something that doesn’t happen too often! Known as […]

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Mmm… Chocolate! Cadbury World Dunedin

Chocolate and beer. These are two of the major reasons we vowed to return to Belgium one day, two of the reasons we absolutely loved Tasmania and the focus of the first two experiences we booked for our visit to New […]

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Finally! Our New Zealand Travel Plans

Things are finally starting to look up. After we posted a month ago about why we had been so quiet, we’ve barely had time to think. Without going into too much detail, we’ve both been working some crazy hours (including […]

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