Queen Street, Auckland
Day 333
1.00 NZD = 0.874594 AUD
Auckland, New Zealand!
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We had VEGEMITE at breakfast (in the hostel) this morning....we are now VERY Happy Little Vegemites!
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Today we begin our camping trip...we're hoping it'll be cheaper than staying at hostels and hotels!! Where we're staying now, Base Auckland Hostel, it is NZ$90 (AUD$81) a night and that's considered relatively cheap for central Auckland! Other hostels are about the same and upwards and hotel prices we looked at range from $200 - $300 per night.
But, according to our budget, it's VERY expensive!
The hostel is gorgeous though and very well equipped, has a whole floor just for a cafe and internet facilities which is great. It's probably the best equipped hostel we've been to. It's also the most expensive!
No wonder everyone ("travellers" that is) camps here in NZ...!
Anyway, we now have our tent, our blow up double mattress and we've been lugging our sleeping bags around the world since we left home..and we want to use them!
We have pillow inserts in our sleeping bags...(where you stuff clothes in to make a pillow!) and a sleeping bag sheet insert..as well as mini chamois towels but if that's too uncomfortable we might go to KMart and buy some cheap towels, sheets and pillows! We'll see how we go...
Camp sites are about $11 for a tent site..so we'll definitely be saving by staying in these. Won't hurt us for a few weeks! And the weather here in NZ is absolutely beautiful...
We've decided to get the hire car company to put the car on the ferry at the bottom of North Island (Picton) and collect another hire car in South Island. This saves us about $400!
We're looking forward to going to all the places we've mapped out. Greg, right now, is plotting and planning and we should be able to get around in our litte car, with no worries at all!
Okies..we're off...
Hopefully we'll get an internet along the way..but i won't be blogging as regularly as when we've had internet access readily available...
Until then, BIG HUGS to you all!
And..thankyou for reading along and keeping up with our travels! The year's almost out! And we can all rest! hehe
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