Travel
Blow by blow accounts of various journeys in NZ and elsewhere.
South day 7
A beautiful winter day in Marlborough, cold but sunny. After breakfast we set out for The Snout, a longish walk along a steadily narrowing bush-clad ridge overlooking Queen Charlotte Sound. Great views but it was our first long walk for…
South day 6
Early start to the ferry now waiting to board. Fishing dudes say it’s lovely and flat out there. Yeah right. Turns out to be a lovely day but I took a cabin anyway so we slept most of it. Nice…
South day 5
Noisy, windy, rainy night interrupted at about 4AM with an outside expedition to fix the power cable plug cover banging on the side of the van. About 4 degrees in Wellington this morning with half a gale blowing. Visited the…
South day 4
Rain, rain, rain. First stop New World to get all the things we weren’t going to have. Wine, beer, cheese, Danish pastries. Off to the ferry but bad weather in Cook Straight so canceled. Decided to head out to Martinborough,…
South Day 3
Uneventful start, Ohakune Top Ten facilities are excellent. First stop Wellington. Evan’s Bay Marina. Finished the evening at the Corner Bar and Cafe, a humble establishment nearby where we watched some of the rugby.
South Day 2
A landscape of senility. We could not get the a/c power to work in the van even after fault testing with a detector. We checked all breakers including one hidden underneath a cupboard after phoning the help line. So we…
NZ Reaches Level 1
So, we have had no new cases for, I think, 28 days now and there isn’t anyone in NZ who has Covid 19. With no foreign tourists, the campervan people have greatly reduced their prices. So now we decided is…
First New Zealand Visit
I first visited New Zealand in 1979 and again in 1980 but I’m not sure that I have photos, maybe somewhere. Of course it was a totally different experience then, a long trip too. Returning on BA 001 took something…
Lockdown Day 18
Easter Sunday, except that we are holding Easter over until tomorrow so Mike can share it with us, he’s worked the past few days on the front line. We have a whole lamb rack of ribs from the neighbours which…
Lockdown Day 12
OK, really running out of puff on the blog by now. Was a quiet day with work for me to do. News today that we will see out the full 4 weeks at Level 4 and there is a new…