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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 47911" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>The weather is cooler than Sydney, from what I've seen. One of our two morning current affairs/news breakfast TV shows also screens in NZ, so they're included in the half-hourly weather reports.</p><p></p><p>All the main cities are on the coast, so their minimum temps are no lower than about 6C at the moment. We'll be up in the mountains, and any country which has glaciers has got to have permanent snow somewhere. We're supposed to be near snowfields in both places, so I suspect it's going to be cold in the mountains.</p><p></p><p>Auckland's max today was 18C, when we in Sydney were 24C. Wellington was 16C. South Island is colder.</p><p></p><p>When we stayed in Hobart in May two years ago, the city was about 5-10C colder than Sydney. Mt Wellington, immediately to the west of Hobart, was 10C cooler on the summit. We drove up there, and froze. The week after we came home it snowed on Mt Wellington.</p><p></p><p>We've already had snow on the Aussie alps (NSW & Victoria) with more falling today, I believe. NZ mountains are much higher and much colder than Australia. The whole country tends to be a few degrees cooler and a bit wetter.</p><p></p><p>But the unseasonal warm weather has also hit NZ same as us. So we're planning to take layers, with a couple of extra warm outer layers for good measure. We're not used to the cold, we tend to rug up when those who are used to it are still wearing t-shirts. The hot springs are open all year round, it should be interesting. We've been told Rotorua smells of sulfur. We chose Taupo because it's far enough away, we thought, but we've since discovered it's also very geothermal in the area so I suspect we're in for a week of sulfur smells. I just hope difficult child 3 will put up with it.</p><p></p><p>Cooler weather is forecast to hit us tomorrow. We'll see.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and I forgot - another important visit, somewhere, is Waitomo Caves - there are some spectacular glow-worms there. It's on the North Island, about an hour or so from Taupo, but we could also go there while we're on the way earlier in the week. We'll just play it by ear.</p><p></p><p>Glad you're coming along, TM. I think we'll have a fun time!</p><p></p><p>Be prepared, however, to be in CD blackout for the three weeks plus that we'll be away. Our only access will be Internet cafes, if that. We may have to avoid them, in order to keep BF1 away from them (or we'll never get him back out of them!)</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 47911, member: 1991"] The weather is cooler than Sydney, from what I've seen. One of our two morning current affairs/news breakfast TV shows also screens in NZ, so they're included in the half-hourly weather reports. All the main cities are on the coast, so their minimum temps are no lower than about 6C at the moment. We'll be up in the mountains, and any country which has glaciers has got to have permanent snow somewhere. We're supposed to be near snowfields in both places, so I suspect it's going to be cold in the mountains. Auckland's max today was 18C, when we in Sydney were 24C. Wellington was 16C. South Island is colder. When we stayed in Hobart in May two years ago, the city was about 5-10C colder than Sydney. Mt Wellington, immediately to the west of Hobart, was 10C cooler on the summit. We drove up there, and froze. The week after we came home it snowed on Mt Wellington. We've already had snow on the Aussie alps (NSW & Victoria) with more falling today, I believe. NZ mountains are much higher and much colder than Australia. The whole country tends to be a few degrees cooler and a bit wetter. But the unseasonal warm weather has also hit NZ same as us. So we're planning to take layers, with a couple of extra warm outer layers for good measure. We're not used to the cold, we tend to rug up when those who are used to it are still wearing t-shirts. The hot springs are open all year round, it should be interesting. We've been told Rotorua smells of sulfur. We chose Taupo because it's far enough away, we thought, but we've since discovered it's also very geothermal in the area so I suspect we're in for a week of sulfur smells. I just hope difficult child 3 will put up with it. Cooler weather is forecast to hit us tomorrow. We'll see. Oh, and I forgot - another important visit, somewhere, is Waitomo Caves - there are some spectacular glow-worms there. It's on the North Island, about an hour or so from Taupo, but we could also go there while we're on the way earlier in the week. We'll just play it by ear. Glad you're coming along, TM. I think we'll have a fun time! Be prepared, however, to be in CD blackout for the three weeks plus that we'll be away. Our only access will be Internet cafes, if that. We may have to avoid them, in order to keep BF1 away from them (or we'll never get him back out of them!) Marg [/QUOTE]
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