After spending an amazing time at Hokitika – make sure you read our previous blog Westward Ho – Hokitika, it was time to hit the road. The next thrilling instalment in our Westward Ho series is all about the glacier towns, Westward Ho– Franz Josef and Fox Glacier. Hokitika to Franz Josef As you […]
Part Two in our series of Westward Ho sojourn down the West Coast of the South Island. It’s all about Westward Ho – Hokitika this time. However, if you haven’t already done so – click here to read our Westward Ho – Springfield blog. As mentioned in my previous blog, we are exploring a part of […]
It has only been 3 weeks since our last stint in Fiordland. When mother nature provides us with a window of opportunity weatherwise, it is only fair we oblige and pay another visit to Cascade Creek in Fiordland National Park. Previous Visits to Fiordland You could say that we are ‘frequent flyers’ when it comes […]
Mavora is certainly one of those places we’re happy to go back to. Revisiting Mavora gives us a ‘reset’ and a chance to completely unplug from the world. Because we’ve ‘been there done that,’ on more than one occasion when camping out at Mavora, we treated this visit as an opportunity to hone the Art […]
It’s such an unusual name – Fortrose. There just has to be some history to it, surely! Where is Fortrose? After breaking camp at Waikouaiti Beach (see the previous blog) we had to head south to Invercargill for some ‘life admin’. We had a night to fill in first so decided to stop over at […]
Thomson Gorge Road – Dunstan Mountains The day after we ‘nailed the Nevis Valley’ (click on the previous blog here), the sun was still shining so we thought we’d conquer the Thomson Gorge Road. We decided to travel the road over the Dunstan Mountains from west to east. This meant we joined Thomson Gorge […]
It was time to finish what we had started and explore the rest of The Catlins. We’ll call this blog Catlins – Part Three, which takes us to the northern end of the stretch of coastline. If you haven’t yet read my previous blogs, you can check them out here (Catlins – Part One and […]
After pressing pause on our explorations of the Catlins (see our previous blog here), Arrowtown was next on our sights. When it comes to Arrowtown for us, it’s a case of ‘never say never’! The Timing was Right for Arrowtown Now, we admit that we’re not fans of the Queenstown/Arrowtown area. It is not the […]
Moving towards Moeraki It was only about an hours drive for us to get to Moeraki from our camping spot at Awamoko (read the previous blog here). We decide to take the coastal road as we’d never travelled this road before. We’re so pleased we decided to take in the scenic route as it offered […]
What’s Invercargill Famous For? We want to pay homage to Invercargill so here are a few interesting facts you may not know: First and foremost, it’s Scotty’s hometown, yes, he is your quintessential “Southern Man”, and yes, he does drink Speights (I had to put this top of the list of course). It is the […]