Category Archives: New Zealand

Another sunny morning, and this time much warmer than we have had since the Cooks. After breakfast we were at 18C. We headed into downtown Christchurch to see what was open and what was not due to the earthquake damage. … Continue reading →

Today was an earlier wakeup (7AM) for us. We headed out to the train station 5 minutes down the road to catch the Trans-Alpine train from Christchurch on the Pacific Coast to Greymouth on the Tasman Sea Coast. Not too … Continue reading →

We woke up to a great morning, clear blue skies and warmer. Today we were heading up to Christchurch, a shortish journey of around 160km. The scenery was different again. We were in a more populated area all the way … Continue reading →

Another dry morning, who says it always rains in NZ! Todays trip had no real agenda other than to drive to our next hotel about 100kms north. Not being one to always take the shortest route, we headed off inland … Continue reading →

A windy, but dry start to the day and a little warmer than yesterday. Todays destination is  Oamaru about 150Kms North. The scenery has now changed to rolling countryside with the coast on the right side. First stop along the … Continue reading →

Yet again a wet night, but woke up to clear sunny skies. We headed out to the Otago peninsular on a flat road that followed the coast around. In many places we had seen signs for Cow Poo, or Horse … Continue reading →

Just a very quick entry tonight because it’s a long weekend (or, more truthfully there was a lot of twisty turny driving today and my brain hurts). It rained all night, but yet again we woke to a clear bright … Continue reading →

Guess it’s back to grind after a day off from writing yesterday. Much to our surprise we woke to a sunny, clear day. Out of interest I checked on the status of the Milford Sound road. Due to more than … Continue reading →

Lyn here, Barry’s gone on strike for the night and refuses to write. We woke up to a lovely sunny day, looked promising for our trip to Milford Sound, 120kms from where we are in Te Anau.  For those who … Continue reading →

The rain started yesterday evening and continued throughout the night. After breakfast we checked to see if the gondola was running, we could only just see it through the rain and mist and there were still no cars on it. … Continue reading →