Category: New Zealand 2016

We have booked the hotel room through to tomorrow which means that we can go and explore the city a

So after our day of exercise yesterday, today we are heading to Queenstown – ‘the outdoor capital of the world’

So Wanaka has certainly delivered, I think it has to go into the top 10 of fantastic scenery in New

Today we drove from Haast to Wanaka where we will spend the next couple of nights, unfortunately we stared off

So today we leave the mountains and return to the sea, our drive is only a couple of hours but

What another fantastic day, the weather forecast said there was a 50% chance of rain but luckily it didn’t materialise

So today we have booked to go for a heli-hike on the Glacier. I was both really looking forward to

We went for breakfast about the same time today but unfortunately sat talking for quite some time to Sandy and

We seem to have had a break in the weather today and although it was raining quite hard during the

So the storm they predicted definitely hit with force during the night, torrential rain and very strong winds we were

So after being woken up by a massive earthquake but suffering no ill effects other than a bit of missed

So this morning we woke up to brilliant sunshine and the wind seems to have dropped as well so after

Today we are heading for Golden Bay which is just on the edge of Abel Tasman national park. Our route

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