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
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
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
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
From Parnasus it was another small trip down south to Woodend where we stayed at the St Barnabus Church just north of Christchurch. This was a handy spot to visit relations of Judy's and catch up with their news, and to visit the nearby town of Rangiora where we were able to stock up on … Continue reading Christchurch
South Island and Return 