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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Lewis visits New Zealand’s blustery capital city, Wellington
As the bus drove into Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city, Lewis the Lion looked out the window and nodded his head. ‘This was a very attractive city indeed,’ he thought to himself as the bus skirted around the harbour, in … Continue reading
Lewis learns about Conservation at the Blue Duck Lodge
The next place that Lewis the Lion stopped on his journey through the North Island came as a pleasant surprise. It started off with him meeting and feeding some new-born lambs on the farm. They were very sweet, soft and … Continue reading
Lewis the Lion sees Mount Doom
Lewis the Lion was eager to do one of the top-rated walks in the world (one of the top three in wintertime), the Tongariro Alpine Crossing in the Tongariro National Park. However, because it was still classed as winter in … Continue reading
What’s that smell?
From Maketu, Lewis the Lion and his friends set off for another important Maori town, Rotorua. More than a third of Rotorua’s population is Maori, making it the most important Maori cultural centre in New Zealand. However, the funny thing … Continue reading
Lewis visits a Maori community and learns the haka
Lewis the Lion felt like he was truly starting to discover the ‘real’ New Zealand, none more so than when he visited a Maori whanau (family) marae (meeting house) in Maketu, to the East of the Bay of Plenty. Here … Continue reading
Lewis the Lion discovers Blackwater Rafting in the Waitomo Caves
From Raglan, the Straybus got an early start in the morning heading for the town of Waitomo. Lewis the Lion learnt that the word Waitomo is actually made up of two Maori words: ‘Wait’ meaning water and ‘omo’ meaning cave … Continue reading
Setting off on the Stray Bus for Raglan
So, Lewis the Lion was picked up early by the Stray Bus one morning from Auckland. After meeting his driver who was strangely called Gollum (like the character in Lord of the Rings!), and loading his rucksack into the trailer … Continue reading
Lewis the Lion climbs Mount Eden on a spring morning
As Lewis the Lion mentioned in his previous blog on New Zealand, Auckland, the most inhabited city in New Zealand, is surrounded by 49 volcanic cones, albeit that some of them are extinct. Well knowing that Lewis the Lion likes … Continue reading
Lewis finds an easy trick to convert the New Zealand dollar!
Converting the New Zealand dollar was a nice, easy one for Lewis the Lion as it was simply double the pound. So, for instance, £1 = NZ$2. Or if you prefer, half the New Zealand dollar was a pound, so, for … Continue reading