We’ve Found Ourselves on the West Coast After finishing our House Sitting Assignment in Martinborough in the Wairarapa, North Island, we found ourselves on the wild West Coast. We’ve had 3 epic weeks exploring ‘small town NZ’ around the top part of the South Island. See a list of our blogs and links at the […]
Westport Bound Once we had finished our stay in Karamea (see the previous blog) there was no other choice but to back-track the way we’d come. Westport was going to be our home for the next 3 nights as we had time to fill in before our house sitting assignment started in Barrytown, further down […]
It was farewell to Murchison (see the previous blog) and we were headed to Westport for a quick one-night stopover, before continuing through to Karamea. Now Murchison to Karamea is completely doable in one day, we’re ‘rushing it slowly’ so wanted to check out the NZMCA Park (#6479) in Westport, and have a look […]
You would be forgiven if you thought that Murchison was just a great place to stopover on your way from point A to B. What else is there to do in Murchison you may well ask? Where is Murchison? Murchison is located in the top half of the South Island in the Tasman Region. It […]
Pakawau – New Territory We were pretty excited to be heading to Pakawau, Farewell Spit, as this was going to be new territory for us. Neither of us had been to this part of NZ before and Pakawau seemed like a great base to explore the area. We set off from Pohara where we’d been […]
Our Stay in Picton After our night in Blenheim, at Rita’s CAP (see our blog South Island Bound), we headed back to Picton. It was only a short drive so we had plenty of time to get to our destination which was Whatamango Bay DOC Camping Ground. Whatamango Whatamango Bay is approximately 13km past Picton […]
The Lure of the South Island We’re bucking the trend and heading to the South Island as winter descends. It’s okay though, we will hang around the top half of the South Island. It is slightly warmer in those cold winter months than in Central Otago and we have some housesitting assignments in the top […]
Destination Castlepoint The homeowners we were house-sitting for in Martinborough encouraged us to take the night off and explore the area. We took advantage of their offer and headed for Castlepoint with the caravan in tow. Castlepoint is approximately a 1.5-hour drive towards the East Coast of the North Island. We had read and seen […]
Get on Ya Bike in Wairarapa Discover Wairarapa – Part One was all about us travelling to the furthermost south we could go, both in the Wairarapa and the North Island. Part Two of Discover Wairarapa is all about us getting on our bikes and exploring some of the cycle trails in the area. Read […]
Wairarapa – House Sit Destination The Wairarapa was our next destination. See our blog on how we got here – Heading South – Farewell Auckland. Mixing house sitting with living full time on the road means we have the best of both worlds. We get to explore areas that we would have previously just driven […]