We spent a very peaceful night at Fairlight surrounded by magnificent mountains. It was the southern most turning point of the steam engine, the Kingston Flyer, when it was in operation last. Today, Wednesday 13th March, it was a short trip to Wakatipu Lake and Kingston township. The southern end of Lake Wakatipu. Queenstown is … Continue reading The Kingston Flyer
Hi Everyone, I have finally given in to Cliff's pestering me to write my own blog. I suspect he is getting sick of me making suggestions for his blog. I would like to introduce you to the 3rd person in our wagon. Mrs G. Her vocation is GPS expert. She is oh no Australian. She … Continue reading Wanderings
Monday the 11th of March. Our extended stay has almost finished in Invercargill. Today, its up the centre of the South Island. First stop Lumsden. We have been busy the last few weeks. First was sorting out our broken tow vehicle. Hence the change to Holden. Then we had a good look around with trips … Continue reading Invercargill
We are still in Invercargill. Our friend is getting married this Sunday and we are looking forward to that occasion. Wednesday we decided to take a trip up to Te Anau and Manapouri Lakes. A destination we were aimed at before our mechanical problems. Te Anau is two hours away so we left about 0730 … Continue reading A Day’s Outing
Seems a long time ago but it was a fortnight ago when we were in Lawrence. We stayed at a lovely POP (Park over Property) 8890. Great hosts and a peaceful spot with bird song to wake up to. We stayed up late and when I stepped out of the caravan at 2200 hrs it … Continue reading Lawrence and Gore
It's now just over a week since the wheels fell off. Well not really, we just couldn't power them up. Saturday night (23rd Feb) was spent in the NZMCA Park at Lumsden. Had a call from Gary to remind me that the Amateur Radio Jock White Field Days were on and to get my antennas … Continue reading A New Gearbox
A short drive from Lawrence bought us to Tapanui where we parked our caravan on the disused tennis courts of the recreation centre. In to town to investigate the short main street and information centre. An excursion into the bush of the Blue Mountains to the east of town seemed like a good idea so … Continue reading The Blue Mountains and the Ongaonga
Yes, we had our first cheese rolls of this trip. We are really in Southern Man Country now. Been off line at Taieri River Mouth the past few days but we left there this morning, climbing back over the hill to Waihola Lake, on to Milton and inland to Lawrence. But first a few photosi … Continue reading Cheese Rolls
A couple of nights at Oamaru, one at a camp site in Waikouaiti and today in rainy Dunedin. Our first day of sustained rain since we left home 7 weeks ago. We are staying at the NZMCA Park, a small sealed area with an optimisticly stated 40 van sites. I think 30 is more realistic. … Continue reading Explorers
The long way from Waimate to Oamaru is to follow the Waitaki River up to Kurow and back down to State Highway 1. And that is the way we went. I thought we would be in sight of the river most of the way but it wasn't until we crossed over at Kurow that we … Continue reading Long Way Round
