Good morning and welcome to this edition of
“Where’s Wingham?”, brought to you by me, Mini Wingham!
For nearly 14 months now we have been
following this young man’s adventures, having moved from Yorkshire in England
to the other side the world, living in Bulls New Zealand. Now, however, he has decided is the time for him to move
on. And yet the adventure does not finish
here. For like any good Yorkshireman
Wingham has saved his pennies and chosen to invest them in the best way he can
think of. He will invest in himself!
He will therefore be sadly leaving his job
as a vet on the 4th of December, once more leaving behind all of his
friends and colleagues, and introducing much more of the world to that which is
Wingham.
Out before us stretches over 5 months of
travel! From the forests and mountains
of volcanic New Zealand, to the bright lights and sandy beaches of Eastern
Australia, then out into the depths of the outback, before venturing onto to
the natural wonders of both Tasmania and Kangaroo Island, and finally across
the southern states of America and the eastern seaboard before returning to the
UK and the 11th of May 2016.
By which point he will be in debt, jobless,
and incredibly interesting! Present
calculations cannot estimate whether he will be a well rounded person by this
point. (Although, after the USA he'll be a well round person, no doubt)
Further updates will be brought to you over
the coming weeks giving details about each tour that is being undertaken in the
various countries. Today’s edition will
primarily focused upon the outlined plan to give you some idea of what to
expect and where he will be.
Acknowledgment: this series has been
enabled with significant help from STA Travel, and was only possible through
the kind help of my travel expert, an Australian working in Wellington, Ivory
Hattenfels.
As you are well aware Wingham has been
lucky enough to travel around much of the north island of New Zealand. However there’s much still to be seen. Much much still to be seen. With this in mind, and with recommendations
from Foxy and Fran, friends who have tried it before, the first part of this
not a gap year will be cruising for nearly six weeks with the tour operator
Kiwi Experience.
Kiwi Experience offers the chance for one
to buy a bus pass that will take you around much of New Zealand, providing you
with activities, tours, sites, and experiences along the way. And if one ever wishes to spend an extra day
in a place one can simply leave this bus and join the next one that
follows. In this manner we will see
Wingham travel across and around the south island, attempting to see as much as
possible before returning to the north island to see all that he has missed
including Auckland and Northland.
NEW ZEALAND!!!
His time in New Zealand will end on the 4th
of February when he departs from Wellington Airport. He will arrive on the same day at Sydney
Airport and hopes (despite not having asked kept) to stay with Christian Byrne
and his benevolent flat mates during that weekend and the following week. The banter in the flat was so good he just
has to return!
On Valentine’s Day Wingham will begin his
next trip through Australia. This trip will take him from Sydney, up the
east coast, through Brisbane, the Gold Coast, and onto Cairns, but many
adventures along the way including learning to surf and spending two days
sailing.
Once at Cairns the group will be flown in
land and thus travel into the outback.
Out here he will visit Alice Springs, see the great site that is Uluru,
commonly known as Ayers Rock, onwards into South Australia down to Adelaide,
and then on to Melbourne, his final stop of the tour.
AUSTRALIA!
If the final day of the tour is on the 9th
of March, and you’ll fly out again on the 13th of March. This will give him a few days to rest and
recuperate as well as explore the city.
Having taken a deep breath, the next part
of the not a gap year will be eight days on Tasmania exploring the forests and
beaches and meeting Taz!
TASMANIA!
Having been to one scenic islands off the
Australian Coast the jenny then carries on to another scenic natural paradise. In a place where he will hopefully be able to
affect his David Attenborough,
Wingham will be spending two days seeing the
sights and hearing the sounds of Kangaroo Island.
KANGAROO ISLAND TOUR
The final stop in Australia will be a few
more days in Melbourne before flying out.
Flying with China Southern Airlines he will
transit through Guangzhou in China before landing on the 30th of
March at Los Angeles International Airport.
The plan then is to stay for a day in LA
before traveling to San Francisco to spend a weekend with relatives of
relatives.
Wingham will be travelling through
New Zealand and Australia during their summer months. Meanwhile in the northern hemisphere it has
been winter. This means that wants in
America spring should have sprung, and whilst the northern states will remain
cool for a little longer the southern states will be coming warm.
This should result in pleasant temperatures
for our noble adventurer as he passes through the deep south (visiting such
places as Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon) before seeing the
vibrancy of New Orleans, Obama’s Crib, and finally
the Big Apple!
32 nights road tripping across the USA finishs with 4
nights in New York City! Apparently there’s some stuff here.
This is nearly the final stop. Nearly.
On the 10th of May Wingham
departs from JFK to go to Rayjavik Keflavik Airport, Iceland.
This is merely a stopover though, before
carrying on to the last, final, absolutely the last stop, Manchester! Exciting.
Then back home for a slap up meal and a
decent sleep.
Probably going to need a bath too.
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