Tuesday 22nd January, 2019. We got in late last night from the Maori Experience so we had a little lie in this morning which was needed. From there we did the usual van duties but this time the dump station in our holiday Park was an actual toilet in the floor. Weird! First stop was […]
The Maori Experience… truly amazing <3
Monday 21st January 2019. We somehow managed to park in a car park for a popular rapids last night. When we woke up there were buses, cars and tonnes of people getting out and we were so confused. Turns out they open the dam at 10AM every morning and it was a cool sight to […]
WE SAW MOUNT DOOM! Another LOTR sighting.
Sunday 20th January, 2019. We stayed the night in a lovely riverside campsite to get some washing done and top up the batteries on the van. For breakfast we stayed classy and had a pie and ice cream. I mean did you even go to New Zealand if you didn’t eat pie for breakfast? No […]
Tramping tracks with men who had guns
Saturday 19th January, 2019. After our urban freedom camping spot and getting an awesome nights sleep we had some bad news in that somehow the fridge had stopped working overnight… ??♂️ Turns out we had overfilled it. Out with the old food and back to the supermarket to buy some essentials like milk and boysenberry yoghurt ? […]
Our first LOTR sightings… RIVENDELL!
Friday 18th January, 2019. Yesterday (Thursday) was a bit of a write off as we seemingly drove forever and moved forward our ferry plans a day for tomorrow (Friday). We managed to see the scenic springs that have incredibly clear water and beautiful surroundings. Other than that, we didn’t “do” much. Fast forward to Friday […]
Playful baby seals!
Wednesday 16th January, 2019. Today started a little slow with us having to stock up on food and some other bits including the services of the van. Once all done and shopped we headed on the road to pancake rocks and blow holes… …cheeky! Pancake rocks were formed from Limestone which were created by layers […]
WE WENT CAVING… WITHOUT A GUIDE!
Tuesday 15th January, 2019. We will get to the caving shortly but yeah, we went caving and it was terrifying. First stop of the morning was fuel, a few pit stops and straight on the road heading for Arthur’s pass. An alpine highway that cuts through the South Island from West to east or east […]
Heli-Hiking the Fox Glacier!
Monday 14th January, 2019. Yesterday (Sunday) was a bad day. A combination of illness and torrential rain wrote the day off for us. We managed an 1 and a half trail walk in the morning then the rest of the day was done. We spent probably what was a well earned rest day in the […]
We finally saw the breathtaking Mount Cook!
Saturday 12th January, 2019. The morning started late with a lie in and some breakfast in Haast. I had an awful night sleep with what felt like the flu but was most likely heatstroke from the pervious day. We got on the road and headed towards Jackson bay. A 100km round trip there and back […]
Hiking Roys Peak, New Zealand.
Friday 11th January, 2019. After yesterday’s early morning rain we were determined to get up early and get some clear skies so that we could hike Roy’s peak. 330AM our alarms went off to no sound of rain, only stars in the sky, winner! Eagerly awake and ready for the hike ahead to got up, […]