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chris24
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 Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:05 am Post subject: NEW ZEALAND |
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Following my finals I get to go on an 'elective' to practise medicine somewhere other than the UK. I was meant to be going to Canada as I have some distant family who are doctors around BC (hence I put a bid on for Tim's car - $300 - tongue in cheek).
But I ended up getting a great offer through some family friends who knew the head surgeon in Thames, North NZ. I'm there for 6 weeks and then travel down to the south island. Poor planning that I am leaving our spring for your autumn...
So. What should I get up to? Anyone got any great tips. I have got a lonely planet book, but would love some more ideas of must do things and any other tips for having a good time and getting on with everyone.
Cheers guys!
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Chrenan
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Hot springs and tar pits and such at Rotarua (spelling?) were amazing. Hiking at Mt. Cook was awesome. Also took a tour of some glow worm caves that was mind blowing, can't quite remember where, maybe Queenstown?
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Ozzie
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:03 am Post subject: |
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You'll have to learn the lingo.
How to speak 'New Zealandish'
My old mates in the islands of 'the long white shroud' should
enjoy..............
Milburn - capital of Victoria
Peck - to fill a suitcase
Pissed aside - chemical which kills insects
Pigs - for hanging out washing with
Pump - to act as agent for prostitute
Pug - large animal with a curly tail
Nin tin dough - computer game
Munner stroney - soup
Min - male of the species
Mess Kara - eye makeup
McKennock - person who fixes cars
Mere - Mayor
Leather - foam produced from soap
Lift - departed
Kiri Pecker - famous Australian businessman
Kittle crusps - potato chips
Ken's - Cairns
Jumbo - pet name for someone called Jim
Jungle Bills - Christmas carol
Inner me - enemy
Guess - vapour
Fush - marine creatures
Fitter cheney - type of pasta
Ever cardeau - avocado
Fear hear - blonde
Ear - mix of nitrogen and oxygen
Ear roebucks - exercise at the gym
Duffy cult - not easy
Amejen - visualise
Day old chuck - very young poultry
Bug hut - popular recording
Bun button - been bitten by insect
Beard - a place to sleep
Sucks Peck - Half a dozen beers
Ear New Zulland - an extinct airline
Beers - large savage animals found in U.S. forests
Veerjun - mythical New Zealand maiden
One Doze - well known computer program
Brudge - structure spanning a stream
Sex - one less than sivven
Tin - one more than nine
Iggs Ecktly - Precisely
Earplane - large flying machine
Beggage Chucken - place to leave your suitcase at the earport
Sivven Sucks Sivven - large Boeing aircraft
Sivven Four Sivven - larger Boeing aircraft
Cuds - children
Pits - domestic animals
Cuttin - baby cat
Munce - usually served on toast.
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Andrew NZ
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:43 am Post subject: |
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Unfortunately Thames is the least interesting hick town in NZ!! 
Fortunately you're only a couple of hours drive from Rotorua (the tourism capital of the North Island) Taupo (good race track) and Waitomo (glow worm caves) and only minutes away from the beautiful Corromandel Penninsula, but the real fun will start when you get to the South Island. Make sure you go to Queenstown.
I didn't even know they had a hospital in Thames!!!
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Chrenan
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:00 am Post subject: |
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Waitomo, that's the place. My memory is crap.
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Khal
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:20 am Post subject: Re: NEW ZEALAND |
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| chris24 wrote: | | So. What should I get up to? |
It's a great place to pick up chicks!
All the blokes are either busy with their sheep or in here in bloody Oz!
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Khal
You are weird. Chicks are too small. Chickens maybe. I prefer women myself.
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J1NX3D
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Andrew NZ wrote: | Unfortunately Thames is the least interesting hick town in NZ!!
Fortunately you're only a couple of hours drive from Rotorua (the tourism capital of the North Island) Taupo (good race track) and Waitomo (glow worm caves) and only minutes away from the beautiful Corromandel Penninsula, but the real fun will start when you get to the South Island. Make sure you go to Queenstown.
I didn't even know they had a hospital in Thames!!! |
lol!
its also close to Tauranga and the Mount. Both awesome holiday spots, especially in the summer. Our winter was pretty mild last year so you might get lucky 
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Peter_in_AU
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and of course, Australia is only a couple of hours away when you need the thaw out.
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chris24
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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Kia ora. Tanks to all the suggestions! Ozzie, that ACME tarnslator will be invaluable.
Khal, I will have to stay away day old chucks and from the veerjun, fear hear ladies or my lady will kill me.
Chrenan, I hadn't heard about any glow worm caves but they sound interesting. Will certainly be visiting rotarua (?) and doing plenty of cycling and hiking around the area.
J1NX3D - certainly hope it is mild. Just as everything is starting to come around in my garden I'm off. Poor planning!
| Andrew NZ wrote: | | Unfortunately Thames is the least interesting hick town in NZ!! |
AARGH! That doesn't sound good. From what I read the place started out as a big port for the gold rush and now is supported by farming (?sheep) and tourism.
I certainly hope it has a hospital!! Iam at a smaller medical centre first in Paeroa for three weeks then thames hospital for two weeks. Then for the SOUTH ISLAND...
Cheers for the input guys. What's the race track in taupo like? Worth a visit? Some really nice people that I am staying with are lending me their truck while I am there...but I think I shouldn't be tracking it... 
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Khal
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| chris24 wrote: | | Khal, I will have to stay away day old chucks and from the veerjun, fear hear ladies or my lady will kill me. |
What happens on tour, stays on tour... brother.
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chris24
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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No no no...she's way to clever for that...she'd sense immediately! Damn fillies!!
Some of my mates have a 'post-code system'. If they're within the same post-code as their girlfriend (c. 2miles) they're faithful...I daren't even operate a 'hemishpere system'.
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john h
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| Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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| chris24 wrote: |
Chrenan, I hadn't heard about any glow worm caves but they sound interesting. Will certainly be visiting rotarua (?) and doing plenty of cycling and hiking around the area.
AARGH! That doesn't sound good. From what I read the place started out as a big port for the gold rush and now is supported by farming (?sheep) and tourism.
I certainly hope it has a hospital!! Iam at a smaller medical centre first in Paeroa for three weeks then thames hospital for two weeks. Then for the SOUTH ISLAND...
Cheers for the input guys. What's the race track in taupo like? Worth a visit? Some really nice people that I am staying with are lending me their truck while I am there...but I think I shouldn't be tracking it... |
Have a look at http://www.tauporacetrack.co.nz/ Taupo have just completed the circuit and its a really fantastic track nice flat track to sort out those who can drive and whose car handles well.
As for the area your going to its not bad - I used to hang aroundthat area when I was younger (about 20 years ago) still go back to visit.
Paeroa was a nice sort of town then, was acentre for the farming community around the area. but has seen a drop in local industry and farming so has more than it's share of unemployment but it was still nice when we wnet back there last year to visit relatives. They hold a motorcycle street race there every year. Between Paeroa and Waihi (another gold mining town with the mine still in action) There are some nice walking and cycling tracks. To the east of Paeroa you can hike on the old railway line, go through the tunnels along side the river etc and eventually end up almost at Waihi - about 20 kms of nice tracks not too challenging. There is also the tourist steam train ride there as well if you get tired
Thames has what was called a base hospital - still fairly large and services a large catchment area. The Coromandel area is really neat heaps of tracks both for hiking and cycling. Our family has a place at Whangamata on the eastern side of Coromandel so I used to spent a lot of time there see http://www.whangamata.co.nz/
There are really challenging bush walks right through this area - however before you go walking do the usual and check with the locals because most of the bush is as it was 100's of years ago so it's easy to get lost. Also there are some areas (not too many) you want to stay away from due to the leafy crop that certain people grow and they have some nasty booby traps around the crops.
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chris24
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| Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:03 am Post subject: |
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| john h wrote: | | Also there are some areas (not too many) you want to stay away from due to the leafy crop that certain people grow and they have some nasty booby traps around the crops. |
Wow - sounds like the film "The Beach" - getting shot at by drug lords!! I'll try to steer clear.
I prefer a small hospital really; Thames sounds good. With a smaller hospital it is easier to get experience in various different areas.
http://www.whangamata.co.nz/ Nice web-site thanks. That track looks good too. Will certainly have a look if I get time. Thanks.
EDIT: and I am definitely very keen to get out on some of those bike trails if I can find a suitable bike.
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kike924
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I was in New Zealand for holidays 5 or 6 times and I really liked that country, beautiful landscape, friendly people, great place to rent a convertible and tour around -once I rented a BMW Z3 and another time an MG F - also an australian 2 seater named Ford Capri.
New Zealand must be one of the nicest places to live in the world
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