This is a shorter blog compared to the previous postings as we had some self-enforced ‘downtime’ in Makarora and Wanaka. Makarora After a few very full-on days at Haast (click on the previous blog HERE), the committee (ie Scotty and I) agreed that we deserved a bit of luxury. We thought a powered site at […]
Haast was an area I was looking forward to visiting. It has been some years since I’ve travelled through Haast and never really stopped long enough to really discover what is in and around the area. As usual, my ‘Lindy List’ (which I always seem to have one on the go) was quite extensive! So, […]
Southbound to Franz Josef We love slow travelling so we like to keep our travel days short. Quite often our tyres haven’t heated up before we reach our next destination. Our overnight stay at Historical Ross (see the previous blog) meant that we only had just over 100km before our next camping spot at Franz […]
Ross – Not Quite Franz Josef We were going to be heading to Franz Josef for our next stop, but like all ‘slow travellers,’ plans change. The decision was made to spend a night at the historic town of Ross. As Ross is only 26 km from Hokitika, we weren’t even hardly going to be […]
Hokitika Bound Hokitika is another place where we have visited a few times but we never seem to have had the time to stop over for a decent stay and do justice to what the area has to offer. This time around we set aside 3 nights and 4 days to explore the surrounding area. […]
Leaving the East to Head West It was time to pack the caravan again and we were leaving our last house sit for the year and it was a case of East meets West. We had been located just outside Rangiora towards the east coast of the South Island. It was time to head back […]
The committee (ie Scotty and I) held a meeting and we both agreed that we’d like to visit Gillespies Beach on the West Coast. Off the Beaten Track Gillespies Beach is a little off the beaten track so the road in does come with some warnings. We did our research, read some blogs and comments […]
Waiau – Our Next Destination Our reason for heading to Waiau next was to attend a Meet and Greet organised by Motorhome Friends New Zealand (a FB page which we follow). A big part of living our lifestyle is meeting like-minded wanderers like ourselves. We have found that fellow Wanderlusters can be both inspiring and […]
Where is Lake Taylor anyway? I’m the planner of ‘Team Kiwis Fly the Coop’. I hunt out places to see and things to do. It’s Scotty’s job to check that we can get there. If the roads are suitable and how long it is going to take. When I spotted Lake Taylor on the map […]
I always thought that the spelling of Hanmer Springs was a little unusual. To me, it is more natural to say Hamner than Hanmer. Am I the only one? More than Hot Pools in Hanmer Springs There is no doubting that Hanmer Springs is synonymous with the Hanmer Springs Hot Pools. Hanmer Springs has turned […]