Aotearoa - The Land of the Long White Cloud

OK, so you could say as a Kiwi I can't add New Zealand to my travels folder but...... I live in Brisbane and I do travel back to NZ regularly so I think it counts.  Plus, NZ is SUCH a beautiful place.

If you live in Australia then a trip to NZ is affordable. If you haven't been you might just like it.....

The multiculturalism in NZ will surprise you. The cafe culture is bountiful. The grass is green. The cows and sheep are in the paddocks beside the roads just out of the towns - our grandies thought that was amazing! With 40 million sheep in the country you are bound to see a few in your travels.

It's the land of Lemon & Paeroa (a drink only Kiwis love), Jandals, Edmonds cookbooks (essentail for learning the basics), the best deep sea fish - blue cod, black sand beaches and the best fish and chips! I could go on but I wont (very restrained my friends would say). Ah yes and then there is pavlova...... but we wont get into that here.

 
So just to give you a wee taste of why I love my homeland here is an amazing video called Aotearoa, the Maori name for New Zealand which translated means Land of the Long White Cloud.  When I saw this I just felt SO homesick. It is a beautiful land and my heart belongs there even though I call Australia home right now.