Monthly Archives: October 2012

Wednesday Oct 31st Another bright blue sky and clear day. First item on the agenda was a visit to the aquarium where we saw a variety of sea life (surprise) much of it native to the New Zealand coast line. … Continue reading →

Due to meeting up with friends and dining with them at the local pub, today’s blog will be a little late in coming. In fact as we are going out with them again tomorrow night there may be a further … Continue reading →

Woke up to perfectly clear skies! The further North we go the better it gets. We were slow to start as we wanted to go to a museum in town that didn’t open until 10:00. On the way out we dropped into … Continue reading →

We headed over to the ferry terminal about an hour ahead of our 1030 departure time. The morning was overcast and cooler again. Waiting in line for the ferry two old cars pulled up behind us. Talking to the drivers … Continue reading →

More of an overcast and cooler morning, after yesterday’s high of 24, we were back down to 13. Today’s trip was purely to get from A to B a distance of around 300kms up to the ferry terminal at Picton. … Continue reading →

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 →