From Auckland, we flew to Queenstown, a resort town in the heart of the “Southern Alps” on New Zealand’s South Island. It was touristy, to be sure. It would probably be a quiet, sleepy town if it weren’t for tourism.
Our first stop in New Zealand was Auckland, home to 1/3 of the country’s population. We visited Auckland once before in 2013, at the start of a cruise from New Zealand to Australia. So we’ve already seen some of the
The last destination on our Fall 2025 SE Asia-Australia trip was Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. Adelaide was a nice city with some interesting things to see and do, but we weren’t as enamored of it as we were
One of the highlights of our visit to Perth was the day we took a wine tour in the Swan River Valley, northeast of the city. The tour company we used, Swan Valley Tours, offered the best wine tour of
