The Start of the Journey
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We put the first few kilometres of the trip behind us, and overnighted at Lake Opuha, behind Fairlie. It was a beautiful evening, and we had almost the whole campsite to ourselves.
Heading toOkumaya devam et
We put the first few kilometres of the trip behind us, and overnighted at Lake Opuha, behind Fairlie. It was a beautiful evening, and we had almost the whole campsite to ourselves.
Heading toOkumaya devam et
After a full weekend, celebrating Sarah's birthday, catching up with Mum/Rose, some serious retail therapy, and today getting the leisure batteries replaced in the motorhome, we are finally ready toOkumaya devam et
After a weekend of beautiful calm and sunny weather, it's all turned to custard today and we are back in the winter woollies!
We've driven to Hanmer Springs, through a wet, wild and very windy storm,Okumaya devam et
No improvement in the weather this morning, and the news headlines were forecasting gale force winds up the east coast of the South Island (just where we are headed!) "Oh well," we thought, "we'llOkumaya devam et
The worst of the storm seemed to have blown itself northwards this morning and we set off in (mostly) blue skies and sunshine to explore the shops in Kaikoura. Didn’t take long! After coffee and aOkumaya devam et
Today we’ve had the weather we’ve been hoping for for the last week: cloudless and warm, with a light onshore breeze. Bring it on!
We had a huge drive today to Seddon (NOT!) about 17km from WardOkumaya devam et
Another beautiful calm and warm day in paradise! On the way into (and out of) Marfells Beach we saw something neither of us had ever seen before: a grove of very short, almost stunted-lookingOkumaya devam et
Happy Birthday Barbara!
As we went to bed last night we remarked on how dark and how peaceful and quiet the camp was. Sadly that was short-lived. We were rudely awoken some time after 10.30 by aOkumaya devam et
The camp at Momorangi is a lot bigger than we had expected. I bet it hums at Christmas time, but there are very few of us here at the moment. We have booked in for 2 nights and are plugged into aOkumaya devam et
The bay was flat as a millpond when we woke, but a breeze arrived soon after to spoil the perfect calm. We packed up and headed West, and had reached Havelock before we realised that we’d left ourOkumaya devam et