by Brian Deacle | New Zealand Travel, Podcasts, world travel
Brian and Liz are back in New Zealand. They have rented their rural lifestyle property for another year so they can continue their nomadic lifestyle around the world.
The new tenants take over in ten days. But before this can happen, there are many, many, many (tons actually) of things to attend to.
Both in and out of the house.
Ten hard, sloggy emotional days later, we are on our way back to the airport to fly away from NZ.
But we couldn’t possibly leave without sharing exactly what the experience has been like.
So we pulled over to record this podcast. It’s a bit weird. It’s dark, and we can hardly stay awake.
But we’re here. Just about.
This is what it looks like when you have an effing huge mountain to climb and rely on the endless love and support you have for each other.
With all our love and gratitude from inside a dark car somewhere on The Forgotten World Highway in Taranaki, New Zealand
Liz and Brian x
If you would like to watch the video version of this podcast, you can do that HERE on YouTube
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by Liz Deacle | New Zealand Travel, Podcasts
Brian and Liz, husband and wife, have rented their New Zealand home for another year so they can continue their nomadic lifestyle around the world.
Last week, we shared an awkward (but real) conversation about our conflicting opinions on whether we should return home to New Zealand to do the handover.
We finally reached a decision, and today we want to share it with you.
With all our love and gratitude from BC, Canada,
Kia Kaha,
Liz and Brian x
If you would like to watch the video version of this podcast, you can do that HERE on YouTube
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by Liz Deacle | Housesitting, New Zealand Travel
Housesitting in New Zealand. I honestly can’t think of a better way to see the country.
Regular followers of my newsletter and podcast will know that we (my husband, Brian and our kids, Sonny and Tessa) are no strangers to house sitting.
As well as trotting around New Zealand, staying in beautiful Kiwi houses, we have spent months housesitting around Europe when we travelled the world with the kids for a year.
In the last seven years, Brian and I have clocked up twenty-seven house-sits worldwide.
It’s official.
We are now professional house-sitters. At last. An accolade.
At last, Bri! Something to brag about!!
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by Liz Deacle | New Zealand Travel, Podcasts
It was my birthday, so I booked a surprise trip for me and Bri.
I googled New Zealand cheap accommodation. Best places to stay in New Zealand. Real New Zealand adventures.
Then I put in my whopping budget: $99 a night.
This is what we got. This is where we stayed.
Sit back, relax and listen to our experience of this insanely cheap Kiwi getaway.
And our fondue fiddles.
x
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by Liz Deacle | New Zealand Travel, Travel
What side of the road does New Zealand drive on?
Today, we’re talking about driving in New Zealand. Before you rent a car and tour NZ, there are some CRUCIAL things you need to know so that YOU can travel New Zealand safely!
PS: (It’s the left, by the way!)
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by Liz Deacle | Moving to New Zealand, New Zealand Travel, Travel
Sixteen years ago, fresh off the plane from the UK, I first set foot in Taranaki, New Zealand.
And I was gutted.
Grey, cloudy and miserable.
Not at all what I signed up for on the immigration website and not a bloody hobbit in sight.
My husband had been offered a plumbing job in New Plymouth Taranaki, and to fulfil our visa requirements, Taranaki was to be our home for the foreseeable future.
I told myself we’d give it six months, and then we’d be out of there. Off to find greener pastures where milk flowed from rivers and the sheep pooed honey.
Sixteen years later, we’re still here. We never left Taranaki.
Here’s why…
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