When you travel through or around the Otago region, chances are, you will, or want to travel through Lawrence. The township sits in the Tuapeka district. Click here to read our previous blog on Punting at Tuapeka Mouth. With a population of around 500 permanent residents, it is conveniently located on SH8, the main route […]
After spending the Christmas and New Year with family in Invercargill, it was time to hit the road again and Tuapeka Mouth was in our sights. Click here to read about our stay in Riverton pre-Christmas. Where is Tuapeka Mouth! Located about 126km north of Invercargill is the Tuapeka Mouth. It is 33km upriver from […]
Well, I’m not sure if I’d call it the ‘Riviera of the South’ but Riverton sure does have a certain appeal and charm. You know, the sort of vibe that can easily get under your skin. Where is Riverton Leaving our base camp in Tuatapere (click here to read our previous blog) it was a […]
Time to Head to Tuatapere After extending our stay at Te Anau (see our blog on Out and About in Te Anau and Doubtful Sound), we decided to gap it to the small settlement of Tuatapere. The next morning, we woke to more torrential rain in Te Anau. We waited it out to see if […]
I’ve taken a different tact with this blog – a bit different to my updates on our southern sojourn. It’s difficult times for many as New Zealand moved into Level Four Lockdown, to dig deep, to save lives of Kiwis. We were no different from fellow travellers as we were directed to come off the […]
Doubtful Sound Won the Vote Doubtful Sound came up at a committee meeting one night (Scotty and me), actually, it was more than likely at one of our solitary Happy Hours. We’d been good at keeping track of our travel budget all year. Surely it was time to treat ourselves out of what I like […]
The Village of Te Anau Te Anau township sits on the eastern shores of Lake Te Anau in the Fiordland region. It is a little tourism haven as it lies on the border of Fiordland National Park and is the gateway to nearby Milford and Doubtful Sounds. More on these later in the blog. The […]
So it was going to another short travel day for us to get from Wanaka to Cromwell (check out the previous blog HERE) – just the way we like it. Spoilt for Choice in Cromwell Cromwell must be one of the only places that offer the choice of two NZMCA Parks in close proximity to […]
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, […]