Mount Cook
We nearly bypassed Mt Cook, but luckily some locals changed our minds – it was beautiful. We arrived to low cloud cover, enough to obsecure the mountain tops. Unusually, it created a really strange...
Monthly Archive: September 2013
Dunedin and Oamaru
We had a chilly and wet stay in Dunedin which made us feel like we were back home! The town was founded by the cousin of Robert Burn, so much of the architecture felt...
Queenstown
This youthful ski town has a reputation for adventure – attracting thrill-seekers from around the globe. We got involved, both performing two canyon swings and jumping from the country’s highest bungy, Nevis. They were...
Milford Sound and the Fjordland
Milford Sound is part of the fiordland in the south-west of the south island. We drove here from Queenstown and that in itself was a great experience. Open plains filled with tussock, followed by...
Lake Wanaka
This was a short visit, but a fun one! We stopped for lunch by the gorgeous lake, then went to the Puzzling World. We spent nearly half an hour making our way through the...
The West Coast and the glaciers
We aren’t quite sure why anyone lives on the west coast of New Zealand. It is incredibly rainy, with sharp cold winds. And when the winds calm, the evil sandflies come out to eat...
Abel Tasmen
The Abel Tasmen National Park is along a sheltered part of coast line, with gorgeous sandy beaches and miles of bush walks. We would love to see it in summer, although it would be...
Missing: one shoe
The next day we drove for the most part, only stopping to take photographs, and to book a two a day sea-kayak and hike on the great walk in Abel Tasmen, leaving at 9am...
Over to the South Island – Marlborough
The best bit about the 4am ferry ride to the South Island was arriving into the majestic Marlborough sounds at dawn. Marlborough is statistically one of the sunniest regions in New Zealand, which makes...
Gisborne with the Kirkpatricks
Our friends, Tim and Sarah, and their sons, Joel and Zack, emigrated to New Zealand last year. They now live in sunny Gisborne on the east coast of the north island, just minutes away...