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 survived the hairy descent into valley and headed to Arrowtown. It was crowded by the […]
I woke up in the van this morning and opened the curtain to see: Clear skies and a great day in view. With some reluctance we packed up and headed towards Cromwell via Twizel once again. Just before Omarama we turned off to view the Clay Cliffs. Not sure why they have that name as […]
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 and exercising – physio please note. For lunch we took a trip to Twizel and […]
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 via Fairlie and Tekapo. Few people around the Church of the Good Shepherd just like […]
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 the village in. Nice ambience but the food not all that good. When a restaurant […]
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 way south we couldn’t resist the big sign adverstising these babies. The rest of the […]
Today I looked up the exact date we returned from the last trip an was surprised to find it was August 23rd. When someone asked me today when we were last here I said November. Not sure what that signifies, the passage of time speeding up maybe. Anyway the Littel Motel was dead quiet and […]
Got almost everything ready yesterday so breakfast and some last items and we were on our way to the South Island again. We decided to drive the little car down to Christchurch this time and pick up the van from there. This way we can take a few home comforts and also some essentials with […]
We are out of Level 3 so nearly back to normal. 89% vaccinated in Waikato and just a few restrictions like masks in public places indoors, social distancing and scanning in. We both have our vaccine passes as well. Our anniversary rolls around again and it’ s time to get away for a few days. […]