Sometimes you just can’t be bothered to cook or you arrive late in Auckland and you haven’t done your shop and just want something quick and cheap to fill your stomach.  Well it’s easy here in Auckland as plenty of places can give you a good feed for just $5.  Be warned these options aren’t [...]

3 Day Weekend Away From Auckland To Bay of Islands in a Jucy Rentals Car Day 1:
In the weeks prior to this trip myself and 3 members of my family had organised a little get away up to Paihia in the well known Bay of Islands, all of us having spent our summer in New [...]

This May, Auckland is going to be treated to a heap of concerts and comedy shows. If its getting to cold outside for ya you might want to check out one of these shows. Check out Nomads Auckland Backpackers Hostel’s list of concerts and venues below.
DATE                                    ARTIST                                                          VENUE
1-13/05/2010                  Comedy Rocks                                               Powerstation
08/05/2010                     Russell Peters                                                 The Civic
13/05/2010                      Avenue Q                                                          The Civic
13/05/2010                     DaM Funk                                                           FuZen
14/05/2010                     Mike [...]

Monty Python’s Spamalot The Musical 30-04-2010 To 15-05-2010 Auckland
Yet another London Westend show is coming to Auckland this coming month.  Avenue Q is playing at the Aotea Centre,
The Civic in May and now Spamalot is coming here too.  Both of these musicals are hugely comical but Spamalot has more prestiege being based on the hugely [...]

Auckland Writers and Readers Festival 2010 12-05-2010 to 16-05-2010
Auckland will be hosting the Writers and Readers Festival which celebrates its 10th anniversary.  The event commences on the 12-05-2010 and will run until the 16-05-2010.  The event will be held in Aotea Centre every day from 10am to 10pm.  Some special events will be held in different [...]

2010 New Zealand Rock, Paper Scissors (RPS) Championship
Yes this is a real event, no joke and the people who compete in the tournament take it very seriously so if you plan on heading over be warned people might not appreciate it if you mock and ridicule their sport.  However, if you are a bit of [...]

Now that you know the World Rally Championship is coming to New Zealand, did you know that starting Thursday 6th May the WRC will be in town for 3 exciting days of racing starting in Auckland’s very own Domain and you can also meet the drivers! The Domain will have a 1.5 km course set [...]

2010 World Rally Championship (WRC) New Zealand
If you’re a motor sports fan like myself you might be interested to know that the 2010 World Rally Championship (WRC) will hitting New Zealand on the 06-05-2010 (that’s the 6th May) preparing at Queens Wharf Service Park before the official starting ceremony at the Viaduct Harbour, just minutes down the [...]

Stray Backpacker Bus | The end of the road!

Day 25,26 Kaikoura – Christchurch – Auckland
I had slept early the night before largely due to the fact that I was staying in Kaikoura and had planned another day activity here.  It involved getting up before 6am (Ouch).  I had booked a Dolphin swim with Dolphin Encounter [...]

Stray Backpacker Bus | Auckland to Christchurch
Day 23,24 Queenstown – Christchurch – Kaikoura
For me this was the part of the journey I had been dreading as it was pretty much the trip back home and it was a long one at that.  I was up and at ‘em at around 6.45am which was a mission [...]