Author: Xanthe

We set off early to try and drive round to the point of the sound before the weather breaks, although

After breakfast we packed everything up then set off for Blenheim which is actually only a couple of hours drive

The weather looks calm today which is good as we are going to spend the morning on a boat searching

So it was a slightly earlier start today as we have to check into the ferry by 8.15 to head

So the good news is that the 90km an hour winds that we had yesterday afternoon / evening / overnight

They call Wellington the Windy City and after today I think we can understand why! Although it looked quite nice

Another long day of driving today as we are heading down to Wellington which is our final stop on the

The weather has changed again and we woke up to overcast sky’s and a forecast of rain, but luckily it

The sun has returned and it is a lovely sunny day which is good as we have a couple of

The rain that was forecast definitely arrived in the night although we didn’t have the thunderstorm they forecast it was

Our plan today was to drive the Volcanic loop which rather does what it says on the tin, it is

So we woke up this morning to a wonderfully sunny day possibly a little too sunny as the blinds didn’t

Today was all about getting from New Plymouth to Turangi which we did along the forgotten world highway. We set

So today the plan was to go to the visitor centre at the south end of Mt Egmont walk to

So after a few days of being relatively in land we are heading back to the sea, although to be

Despite having the entire cottage to ourselves, we are actually booked in on a bed and breakfast basis, so after

So unfortunately the weather forecast today was correct it had forecast rain and rain it did. As we were having

So true to form, today we are booked on a boat cruise out to the Maori rock carvings and when

Today we say goodbye to Rotorua and to be honest I am rather looking forward to leaving the smell behind,

Another lovely sunning morning even though it is a bank holiday weekend, it is still a little chilly but the

So after the heavy rain of last night it looked really nice out this morning the sun was out but

Friday 21 October – Hobbit town (Hobbiton) It is hard to believe we have been here 2 weeks now we

After breakfast we set off for the Karangahake Gorge as there are a couple of historic walks around the old

So the sun was shining again when we got up this morning, so after breakfast we packed up the final

So today we had booked onto a Kayak trip to paddle round to Cathedral cove, the other option would have

After breakfast we set off to Whitianga to take the ferry over to the peninsula as there are a couple

So I was right we didn’t leave the sitting room yesterday as we were in control of the fire, but

So we have now been as far north as we can go to Cape Reinga and now we are heading

Today we drove to Cape Reinga and Martha and Roly had provided some suggestions of places to stop on route.

After breakfast we packed up the car and set off for Doubtless Bay, it is only a couple of hours