Last day in NZ but we still had the best part of a day to go as we were on an evening flight. After packing our gear up (sniff – oi I’m tryna be brave here) and making the van look presentable (blub), we headed back into Christchurch to visit […]
So after a gorgeous sunset in Kaikoura last night… … we woke to our penultimate day in NZ. Very sad to think we’ll be leaving tomorrow but lots of memories of a fantastic trip. Decided to make the most of today so had packed up camp and were on the […]
Woke to a gorgeous morning and as we’ve been kinda sluggish for the last few days, decided it was time to start walking off all those ice creams, cooked breakfasts, hearty dinners and late night chocolate munching. Fantastic day for it and we set off with good intentions. Our first […]
Yesterday was a day of ferocious wind and rain in Collingwood. No matter though – we had a plan B which was to head into Takaka. Mooched around and very soon scored myself a pair of very comfy walking sandals from the only shoe shop in town worth buying shoes […]
Great day today doing an excellent value Eco tour of Farewell Spit with the folk that do what it says on the tin – Farewell Spit Eco Tours. Civilised start of 10 o’clock and 3 mins walk from our campervan – even better… Lots of interesting facts about Collingwood, Farewell […]
So finally made it to Collingwood after our night in Motueka which is itself a nice town and I got a chance to catch up with the friends I stayed with there on my last trip. Great to see them and the two new additions to the family. Mooched around […]
So, we finally got our time on the glacier a couple of days ago ( – losing all track of time here) and it was absolutely breathtaking. As it was going to be at least Tuesday til the bridge was fixed (and it was Friday and we had shit to […]
Was still feeling a bit feak and weeble yesterday so we took it easy for the day. Walked into town for a nourishing smoothie at Soul Food and then took a gentle stroll around the lake to Eely Point. Then back to Cafe Gusto for my fix of honey, lemon and ginger […]
