Days: 16 days time: December and who: lovers play: free travel, self driving, petty bourgeoisie, humanities, photography

1dfs duty free shop (Hong Kong airport store)

2 Auckland Harbour Bridge Victoria Park Market

3 Auckland Central Park Auckland University

4 Tao Bo

5 Lake Rotorua Waikato region

6 Queenstown Garden

7 Queenstown sky cable car Tekapo Lake

8 Christchurch

9 Melbourne City Hall Chinatown Melbourne

10 Dayang Road

The rock of the twelve

12 Cairns indoor dome Wildlife Park

13 Great Barrier Reef

14 Great Barrier Reef

15 Sydney Opera House

16 Disneyland

Show all 16 days away

Day 1

2011-12-24

Starting from Christmas, I asked for the annual leave, plus the weekend and new year's public holidays, and finally got together a 16 day holiday for the New Zealand Australia free trip. The total cost of the trip is 25000 RMB / person (including visa, food and accommodation, seven flight tickets, car rental, shopping, etc., which is really cheap, but it is mainly because of the hospitality of friends, which saves a lot of food and accommodation). In fact, it is a visa. It is recommended to apply for an Australian visa two months in advance, because the Australian embassy does not need the original passport, And then to submit New Zealand Visa, visa fee is about 1000 RMB each, two countries is 2000. Then I can rest assured to see the ticket. My itinerary is roughly as follows: 1) Beijing - transfer flight through Hong Kong - Auckland, then visit Auckland, drive all the way north through Waitomo and rutotua to Taupo, and return via prawn   Park back to Auckland 2) Auckland fly Queenstown and drive all the way to paradise, Mt   Cook，Lake   Tekapo to Christchurch 3) Christchurch fly Melbourne, drive on Dayang road to the twelve disciples, and then return to 4) Melbourne fly Townsville, and then drive to airport   Beach, go to the Great Barrier Reef 5) Townsville fly Sydney 6) Sydney fly Hong Kong, visit Disney and go shopping 7) Hong Kong return to Beijing. Air ticket: Beijing - Hong Kong - Auckland & Sydney - Hong Kong - Beijing   Cathay Pacific round-trip around 7800, including tax, the rest of the tickets are all low-cost airlines found on kayak. Food and accommodation are optional. The special recommendation is Hilton in Queenstown. I remember the discount on the official website is more than 100 NZD. Although the location is a little bit off, it's OK to drive. It's built by the lake with quiet and beautiful scenery ~ airline   Beach suggested B & B with delicious breakfast, and the landlord also prepared red wine cheese to welcome us. Car rental: New Zealand's North Island and Melbourne are friends' cars, New Zealand's South Island and the Great Barrier Reef are Hertz cars. It's very convenient to pick up and return the new car within 2 years at the airport. Besides, the main destination of this trip is the Great Barrier Reef. We went to white beach. We reported a one-day boat tour in the small town. It seems that 150AUD also includes two BBQ and snorkeling. Don't worry about this. You can order the capital in time. There are also student discount rates. All those who have student ID cards must bring them~

The service of Hong Kong airport is unbeatable. It's very good. However, the duty-free goods here are really average. The prices are not as cheap as Beijing T3, and they are more and more expensive.

The flight at 1:00 p.m. on December 24, going to Hong Kong for a connecting flight. Cathay Pacific is specially selected. Because of its famous good service and more than ten hours of flight, you can't choose too bad one. You will regret it.

Christmas away

Day 2

2011-12-25

I arrived in Auckland at 3 p.m. on the 25th. Without delay, I put down my luggage and went to the famous mission   Bay, and then eat movipick ice cream

It's also called the north bank bridge. It's the main road connecting the north bank to the city. There must be a traffic jam in the morning and evening rush hour

seaport

City   scenery

Queen St

Day 3

2011-12-26

The next day was Auckland City   Tour, visited three public universities, and then went shopping   mall.....

Central garden in front of Auckland University

It's really beautiful

The park at the gate of Austria

I went to three universities, Auckland University, aut and Macy~

Aut university next to Auckland University

Our back, thank you for taking me around

Macy's University on the North Bank of Auckland

Day 4

2011-12-27

Taobo Lake

Look at these seabirds. They are not afraid of people

close-up

Day 5

2011-12-28

hot spring

Natural volcano and hot spring

Products of active volcanoes

No Approaching

Private soup

The public area outside

I'm sure to go to the hot spring. I've specially photographed my name for you. Use GPS to search for it. It's only 25nzd / hour for private soup~

In Waikato   Riverside's prawn   Park is also a must. After buying the ticket, there will be an interpreter to guide you to tour and explain. Then you can catch shrimp as long as you want. As long as you catch shrimp, it's yours. There's also a buffet kitchen that can cook, all of which are included in the ticket. For example, I'm not skilled enough to catch one in an hour, so I have to go to the restaurant next door to order. I can order a large plate of 50nzd to eat slowly~

Prawn   Park:   Shrimp fishing

How long does it take to fish shrimp after buying tickets

Shrimp fishing

Day 6

2011-12-29

Queens   Town is really a garden city. Every angle is beautiful without dead ends. I love it many times

Queenstown on the plane

Road trip

Road trip

Queenstown

Queenstown

Queenstown

Lord   of   Ring's viewfinder

The saddest thing for me is that I left my mobile phone on the roof of the car. As soon as the car drove down, I ran over it. All the photos in Auckland, taopo and hot spring were lost, and my heart was dead

Poor cell phone was turned out by the car

It doesn't work at all

Day 7

2011-12-30

Cable Car

Queens   Night view of town

Tips: as long as you see the gas station, you must fill it up! No matter whether you have 2 / 3 left in your car or not, because you will not see the gas station for a long time in the future... In fact, there are not only gas stations, but also people's movies

Mt.   Lake near cook

I can't see the gas station after driving for an hour

Little rabbits are not afraid of people

It's all over the road

Day 8

2011-12-31

I went to Christchurch and took a plane to Melbourne. On the way, I caught a small earthquake and drove. Fortunately, Christchurch lost half of its population after the earthquake. The city is in ruins, but it is being rebuilt

Christchurch after the earthquake

The church is gone, too

Day 9

2012-01-01

Melbourne Street

A scene in Melbourne: Dingding car

streetscape

Chinatown archway

Chinatown

The weather is excellent

I like that

Architectural design

Day 10

2012-01-02

Great Ocean Road

View of Dayang Road

Day 11

2012-01-03

It's a scene to see the twelve disciples on Dayang road. The twelve disciples are the twelve natural earth slopes... But after a long time of weathering, there are no four now. You can also take a helicopter to the sky to see the panoramic view of the twelve disciples

twelve apostles

twelve apostles

twelve apostles

I changed my camera and got different effects

twelve apostles

twelve apostles

Day 12

2012-01-04

The zoo in Townsville

Special for koala and kangaroo

Kangaroo brother

Forget what it is

Good buffalo

It's preparing for a fight, but the picture of the fight can't be found

I don't know why the male kangaroo always likes to lick himself

Lazy koala, stinky

This little brother is very versatile. Any animal is good with him

Sloth is also like a super cute baby, whose parents were killed by a car on the road, leaving it to be sent to the zoo

Look, it's comfortable

Left the zoo and headed for airline   Beach, the nearest town to the Great Barrier Reef

Airline   The night scene of beach

The B & B we live in is not bad. It's super warm. The considerate landlord also prepared red wine, cheese and biscuits to welcome us

Day 13

2012-01-05

Our boat

set out

Heading   to   White   heaven   beach,   One day tour of white beach

One day tour

We on the boat

Many corals died, it is said that because of the grease on tourists' skin, all people can't touch corals. Once they touch them, they can't live

Day 14

2012-01-06

go to sea

This cat is super beautiful

Day 15

2012-01-07

There is really no Guangge theater, so we have to take a group photo

Day 16

2012-01-08

One advantage of connecting flights within 24 hours is that you can buy Disney tickets at a discount ~ ~ ~ just show your ticket at the gate of Disney~