Most Marvelous Journey to New Zealand

Notes about this calendar are below

	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
M A R	16	17	18	19	20 Depart Denver Air New Zealand/UA 9069 7:00 PM ARR SFO 8:54 PM DEP SFO Air NZ/UA 9817 11:45 pm Journal Entry	21 Journal Entry	22 ARR Auckland AKL 9:10 AM Get car and check in hotel Journal Entry
	sleep row				on plane	on plane	Auckland
	23 deal with jet lag, island ferry, whale watch, city exploration 3rd q. 0029 set 1527 Journal Entry	24 more relaxing Journal Entry	25 drive to HaHei 10 am - 1 pm? Tour Auck-Hahei map Tour Fly Auk-Hah file Journal Entry	26 coastal walk (cathedral cove), Miranda shore, Coromadel shorebird center Journal Entry	27 Drive to Rotorua 1pm - 4pm? Ha-Rot map geothermal center, Maori culture Fly Hahei-Rot file Rotorua Glowworm Tour 7:30 pm Journal Entry	28 forest park Journal Entry	29 drive to Taupo Rot-Taup Tongariro Natl park Fly Rot-Taup file new 2357 rise 0647 Journal Entry
	Auckland	Auckland	HaHei	Hahei	Rotorua	Rotorua	Taupo
A P R	30 Fishing guide reserved 1-4pm, Tongariro Natl park, Huka falls, geothermal parks, lake cruise Journal Entry	31 no guided fishing, do things missed on Sunday Journal Entry	1 Drive to Whanagui ~3 hr Taup-Wha map Botanic gardens, water front, Zealandia (native wildlife) Fly Taup-Wha Journal Entry	2 drive to Wellington 3 hr Wha-Wel The coastal route Fly Wha-Wel Journal Entry	3 Wellington Walking tour, botanic gardens, waterfront Journal Entry	4 Wellington Journal Entry	5 Time Change? Ferry 3½ hr (with car exchange?) Well-Pict map Fly Cook Strait Drive from Picton to Nelson (2 hr) Pict-Nel Fly Pic-Nel N Fly Pic-Nel S 1st q. 1514 rise 15:08 Journal Entry
	Taupo	Taupo	Whanagui	Wellington	Wellington	Wellington	Nelson
	6 Wineries, Abel Tasman Natl Park Fishing is nearby Motoeka or Rai Valley Journal Entry	7 Drive to Punakaiki (3¾ hr) Nel-Pun Pancake rocks.blow holes walk, Nelson Lakes Nat'l Park Fly Nel-Puna Journal Entry	8 Drive to Hokitika 1+ hr Pun-Hok Hokitika Gorge Fly Puna-Hoki Drive to Christchurch 3¼hr Hok-Chr Fly Hok-Chr Journal Entry	9 Botanic gardens, city tram tour, Avon river walk	10 drive to Twizel 3½+ hr Chr-Twiz Fly Chr-Twiz Mt Cook Natl Park Journal Entry	11 star gazing Journal Entry	12 drive to Queenstown 2½ hr Twiz-Queen Aspiring Natl park Fly Twiz-Queen Journal Entry
	Nelson	Punakaiki	Christchurch	Christchurch	Twizel	Twizel	Queenstown
	13 Queenstown wineries, gardens, walks.... full 0455 rise 1730 Journal Entry	14 Queenstown Journal Entry	15 drive to Manapouri 2+ hr Queen-Mana Fly Queen-Mana Lake Manapouri Cruise 12:30 pm Journal Entry	16 Tour return 10:30 am? Fly Lake Mana Fly Lake TeA drive to Dunedin 3½ hr Mana-Dune Fly Mana-Dune Journal Entry	17 Dunedin Wildlife, Royal Albatross center Journal Entry	18 Good Friday-many shops closed drive to Oamaru (1½ hr) Dun-Oam Public gardens, penguins Fly Dune-Oama Journal Entry	19 more penguins Journal Entry
	Queenstown	Queenstown	Manapouri	Dunedin	Dunedin	Oamaru	Oamaru
	20 Easter Sunday: many shops closed drive to Christchurch 3+ hr Oama-Chr Fly Oama-Chrst Journal Entry	21 Botanic gardens, city tram tour, Avon river walk 3rd q. 1335 Journal Entry	22 Bev and Paul DEP CHC Air NZ 223 3:20 pm CHR-SYD ARR SYD 4:55 pm Journal Entry	23 Journal Entry	24 Journal Entry	25 Journal Entry	26 Bev and Paul depart Sydney SYD-AUK-LAX-DEN Air NZ 104 @ 11:50 am ARR AKL 4:50 pm DEP AKL NZ Air 6 8:15 pm ARR LAX 1:20 pm DEP LAX on NZ 9478 4:14 pm ARR DEN 7:40 pm Journal Entry
	Christchurch	Christchurch	Sydney or Denver	Sydney	Sydney	Sydney	our own bed
M A Y	27 new 1502	28	29	30	1	2	3

NOTES:

driving map images may be clicked on to show a larger version of the maps. While the larger version is being viewed, click on the left side of the image to see the previous map, the right side to see the next map, or the X at the bottom to close the image and return to the calendar.
some links lead to external maps opened in a new tab, (e.g., Apr. 6) as potential drives to fishing opportunities.
Links that start with "Fly" are linked to files that can be saved and opened in Google Earth that show where I've "flown" in my flight simulator along proposed routes. If these files are opened in a browser (Browser version), only the path can be viewed. For a better experience and to veiw the flight path as if flying it, go to Google Earth versions and scroll down to download Earth Pro for your desktop computer.

Opening one of my .KML or .KMZ file you'll get something like this file information in your "Places." Click on the top row to move your view to the whole flight. Clicking on the bottom row (Flight Path) does the same thing. Clicking on the "Fly NZ..." row with the little camera will start replaying the flight. These paths can be hidden by clicking on the checkmarks in the file information.

It is speeded up from real time and additional controls in the lower left corner allow you to go backwards, pause, speed up or continuously repeat. When replaying a flight, I sometimes hide the display of the path (Flight Plath above) so that I have a clearer view of the ground. I'm not an expert "pilot" and and not all familiar with where I'm flying so sometimes I get off on an unintended track while up in the air. If you tend toward motion sickness while viewing videos, you may choose to avoid some of these.