Australia/New Zealand Cruise

Route

Sydney Harbor Bridge

Taxi - US 1

5/501 North, I 40 East to Airport.

Day 1 - Metro from Sydney Airport to Hotel

Day 2 - Metro to Central Station, Blue Mountains Train to Katoomba. Local Bus to canyon rim. Local Bus to Katoomba. Blue Mountains Train to Central Station. Metro to Barangaroo. Walk on Sydney Harbor Bridge. Tram from Circular Quay to Chinatown.

Day 3 - Taxi on local streets, A4 (Anzac Bridge) to White Bay Cruise Port.

Anzac Bridge

Day 10 - Tour Bus from Port Chalmers, SH88, SH1, Local roads to Lambeth Castle. Local Roads to Dunedin. Local Roads, SH88 to Port Chalmers.

Day 11 - Local bus from Lyttelton, Christchurch - Lyttelton Motorway, local roads to International Antarctic Center. Local bus to Christchurch Botanic Gardens. Local bus, local roads, Christchurch - Lyttelton Motorway to Lyttelton.
Day 16 - Tour Bus from Mount Maunganu, SH2, Tauranga Eastern Link Motorway, SH33, SH30 to Rotorua. SH5 to Te Pā Tū. SH5 to Rotorua, SH30, SH 33, Tauranga Eastern Link Motorway, SH2 to Mount Maunganu.
Day 18 - Tour Bus, Auckland Northwestern Motorway, Auckland Southern Motorway, SH1, Local Roads to Hobbiton. Local Roads, SH3, SH37 to Waitomo Caves. SH37, SH3, SH1, Auckland Southern Motorway, Auckland Northwestern Motorway to hotel.
Day 19 - STH Train to Puhinui, Local bus to Airport,

Blue Mountains Train

Taxi - I 40 West, US 15/501  South to Chapel Hill.

Notes

Both Sydney and Auckland have tap on/tap off public transit systems. You can use any NFC card of phone. Sydney supports the iPhone capability for transit. You designate a card for transit. Then you can tap a locked phone and it works. We used it for the Metro, Tram, bus and Blue Mountains Train in Sydney and bus and commuter train in Auckland.

In Christchurch, the local bus takes cash.

Results

Two new countries ( Australia, New Zealand] ) for a new total of eighteen countries ( three airport only ).

Australia: 

NSE: Mileage on A4.

VIC: Clinch C726. Mileage on M1, M2, M3, M80, B300, B360, C505, C724, MR7, MR9, MR20, MR29, MR30, MR33, MR34, MR40, MR46, MR57, MR62, TD2.

New Zealand: Clinch SH33, SH37, SH88, Tauranga Eastern Link Motorway. Mileage on Auckland Northwestern Motorway, Auckland Southern Motorway, Christchurch - Lyttelton Motorway, SH1, SH2, SH3, SH5, SH16, SH20B, SH30, SH74, Pacific Coast Highway, Southern Scenic Route, Thermal Explorer Highway.

National Capitols: 

    New Zealand

State Capitols:

    Sydney NSW

    Hobart TAS

National Parks:

    Blue Mountains NP, Australia   

Echo Point, Blue Mountains

    Fiordlands NP, New Zealand

Fiordlands