Reluctantly we left the lake and continued south on SH6 intending to lunch at Bluff. After a good deal of meandering about we hit Invercargill Countdown at about 1pm. Inevitable photo of Bluff. Of course we had to have our…

A rest day at Lake Kingston Campground on SH6 south of Queenstown. We spent the day reading, snoozing and sunbathing. This little park has been planted with many different types of tree. One of the trees is an apple and…

We headed South again towards Queenstown but not before seeing this tree Hania insists is famous – world famous in Wanaka I guess. After the tree we took the Crown Range road out past Cardrona and the bra fence. We…

Today was a day to explore Wanaka. We went into town and walked the lakefront before heading for a big mug of coffee at the Trout Restaurant. Shopping in the nearby New World as usual we went for an item…

We are certainly catching up on our sleep, an afternoon nap and about 10 hours at night. Must be the fresh air. Walked a brisk 5K this morning and 2K of that was uphill. Returned to find Hania being good…

Broke camp today amid a steady drizzle. Toddled around the supermarket for a few necessities like cookies and a step so Hania could get in and out of the van. These items are not necessarily related. Then to McKenzie country…

Another warm day in the South Island and we spent the morning wandering around Geraldine looking at the houses and the shops. There is a pleasant walk by the river and a nice pub in the centre of town called…

I had a quick morning walk around Picton and then packed up and we drove South to Blenheim, got lost twice around there and eventually found the road to Christchurch – town could do with better signage IMO. On the…