Thursday night we spent at the Fox Glacier8 Top 10 Caravan Park. Time to get our washing done and to plug into the power and fully charge our house battery. With the lack of sun over the past few days it had got to record low levels. We have never had this problem before and … Continue reading Lake Matheson Walk
Last Friday we left our homesit at Geraldine and headed off towards the West Coast. First stop was at the A & P Showgrounds at Oamaru where we parked up for the night. In the morning we decided to head to Ranfurly where we stayed two nights at the NZMCA Park. While here we went … Continue reading And the Rain Came Thundering Down
The trip from the Tasman River Delta at the top end of Lake Pukaki to Tekapo was very windy but without incident. We remembered our last trip here and that it was also very windy, however the NZMCA Park is sheltered with many pine trees growing in and around. We spent a bit of time … Continue reading Not Friday
From Omarama to the Ohau B Canal is a short drive of less than 1/2 an hour. The Ohau B is another hydro electric dam fed from Lake Ohau and Lake Pukaki down the canal. Meridian Energy own the station and the canal that feeds it. They have opened a portion of the canal for … Continue reading Hunting
It's been a lazy week moving through the wonderful scenery of Otago. Steep mountains covered in low brown tussock and grasses. We left Glenorchy at the north end of Lake Wakatipu and travelled down to Queenstown where we filled up with diesel and emptied our black and grey water tanks in a busy petrol station. … Continue reading Central Otago
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
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
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
Through Timaru and ever southwards, we stopped in Waimate for a couple of days. The picture above shows the town of Waimate. It was a grueling trek to the top of the mountain to get this shot, but we were lucky that there were no other cars coming the other way. There is a walking track … Continue reading Waimate
