Monthly Archives: October 2012

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 →

Today was one of those days. Again it was bright and sunny this morning, and ideal day to go up the gondola to get a great view of the town and the lake. The gondola was meant to open at … Continue reading →

We woke to another sunny and clear day. After breakfast we headed off to a place called Puzzling World. This was a building that had a number of optical illusions, sloping rooms, snooker balls that roll uphill etc. It was … Continue reading →

A little cloudier first thing this morning but it was dry. We had a long drive ahead of with our final destination being Wanaka in the Southern Alps. The first (and only) planned stop today was at the Fox Glacier, … Continue reading →

We woke up this morning to calm winds and blue skies. After breakfast we headed back down to the beach where we watched the waves crashing in. Although the sea was still pretty rough, the scenery had changed completely from … Continue reading →

Today was a day of deep meditative reconciliation. Well actually today was a day for doing almost nothing as the weather was not at its best. We had torrential rain and gale force winds all night and well into the afternoon. … Continue reading →