Monthly Archives: October 2023

Driving day today as we make our way to Blenheim. Not a particularly long drive so we might take the opportunity to go “off piste” a bit. The first bit to Motueka is back along the road we drove into … Continue reading →

OK we said that we would have a relaxing day today as yesterday was such a long trip. Woke up to the view in the photo below. Must try to get up a bit earlier to get the actual sunrise. … Continue reading →

Half way through the trip today unbelievable it’s gone past so quickly. Long day today driving from Franz Josef to Marahau a total of 477Km or over 6 hours. We set off fairly early planning to get to Greymouth to … Continue reading →

Exciting day today as we are heading out to the Franz Josef Glacier by helicopter. For once the weather gods seem to be on our side as it is a beautiful sunny day with clear skies and very little wind. … Continue reading →

Day 41 was a loooong day so no energy left at the end to write up the blog and day 42 has been travel so first opportunity to blog is late afternoon on day 42 after we have arrived at … Continue reading →

It was (by our standards) a late start to the day as we did not need to check in until 11:30 and the check in was just a 20 min walk away. We walked down to Beach Road, this is … Continue reading →

Latish start of 9:30 this morning as 2:00am bedtime is not really normal. I think we are both a bit jaded and find that for some inextricable reason we can’t open the lock on one of the suitcases and as … Continue reading →

Right first real day of driving today. A 250 Km drive to Lake Tekapo. I don’t really know what to expect the sat nav says it will take 3 – 3.5hours. Starts off along the Canterbury plain with the southern … Continue reading →

Well we have crossed the great Australian continent by train and it only took 4 days and 3 nights. Today we are going to cross the South Island of New Zealand by train and then come back and its only … Continue reading →

Sunday, Christchurch and nothing planned 😁. Decided to have breakfast in the hotel, strangely its not included but today it just seems easier than trying to find somewhere early Sunday morning that is open for breakfast. The hotel has some … Continue reading →