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- Dec 31, 2020
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 31 m
- New Zealand Southland Invercargill City East End Burial Point -46.601404, 168.33986846°36’5” S 168°20’24” E
Bluff
December 31, 2020 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Our first destination was Bluff where we visited our friends and celwbrated New Years with them.
They showed us around their beautiful home town. We have visited the Ship Graveyard, kids loved it there! Also visited the Bluff Maritime Museum where you not only see all the local history but can also go on a historic oyster catching boat. How fun! Omaui beach is so beautiful! And sunset from Bluff Hill topped it all off! We loved visiting this little town!Read more
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- Dec 29, 2021
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 213 m
- New Zealand Otago Central Otago District Cromwell -45.037131, 169.19728845°2’14” S 169°11’50” E
Day 1
Cromwell, New Zealand
December 29, 2021 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Leaving the house for our fulltime travel journey
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- Jan 2, 2022
- ☁️ 28 °C
- Altitude: 391 m
- New Zealand Otago Central Otago District Lindis Pass Goodger Flat -44.700485, 169.49460544°42’2” S 169°29’41” E
Day 5
Lindis Pass Historic Hotel Campsite
January 2, 2022 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Heading to Arthurs Pass to spend some time with friends. On the way there we stayed in Lindis Pass Historic Hotel Campsite overnight - totally loved this place! Hidden gem really. And a bonus was that we were the only ones there 🤗Read more
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- Jan 3, 2022
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 714 m
- New Zealand Canterbury Lake McGregor -43.938463, 170.46692143°56’18” S 170°28’1” E
Day 6
Lake McGregor
January 3, 2022 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Quick overnight stay in Lake McGregor campsite. Great camp with all the facilities - toilets, water, kitchen sink. Some residebts are parked there for the whole season. Lake was beautiful for kayaking and we had a quick swim all of us too.Read more
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- Jan 7, 2022
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 1,502 m
- New Zealand Canterbury Twin Fall Stream -42.894508, 171.73109542°53’40” S 171°43’52” E
Day 10
Arthur's Pass National Park
January 7, 2022 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Awesome time off signal in the middle of nowhere with friends. Private hut, 4wd trip hunting, fishing, lot of walking, open fire, biking, kayaking, paddle boarding. What more would you want?
Only negative was heeeaaaaps of sandflies 🤣Read more
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- Jan 11, 2022
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 965 m
- New Zealand Canterbury Selwyn District Arthur's Pass Devils Punchbowl Creek -42.932836, 171.56840642°55’58” S 171°34’6” E
Day 14
Devils Punchbowl Falls
January 11, 2022 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Climb up to the beautiful waterfall which can be seen from the parking spot underneath already. The climb was a bit steep but well worth it. All the kids made it no problem. There is another hike continuing from the top of the Deivls Punchbowl walk, we continued for a bit to get some better views!Read more
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- Jan 12, 2022
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 65 m
- New Zealand West Coast Grey District Ahaura Orwell Creek -42.347649, 171.54355742°20’52” S 171°32’37” E
Day 15
Ahaura
January 12, 2022 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
What was supposed to be an overnight stay in a camp became a three-day stay at the end. Our friend from Auckland was on his way down south and we met him here as well.
Awesome camp with all the facilities a camper needs. Fully equiped kitchen, toilets and hot showers, even laundry. Also fireplace stocked up with wood so we made food on open fire every night. There is a big grassy field here amazing for kids play (well, not only kids ;) ). And the whole area smelled after mint! What a dream!
Short walking distance to the river where we dipped. Wasn't warm but super refreshing!
On the way to the river by the stairs their is a little fairy village. Oh and close by there is a bamboo forest, the kids loved playing there! Simply a perfect place to camp looked after by local community. Thank you!Read more
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- Jan 14, 2022
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- New Zealand Tasman Tasman District Port Motueka Thorpe Bush -41.112493, 173.00948741°6’45” S 173°0’34” E
Day 17
Motueka
January 14, 2022 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We have spent probably around 2 - 3 weeks in Motueka and Tasman area. As we have friends living in that area we didn't need to use any camgrounds and so can't give many tips on that. There is a beautiful walk around the beachfront starting in the wharf which leads you around a picturesque ship wreck. In low tide you can go all the way to it.
Its a beautiful little town surrounded by orchards, so lot of fresh produce available. We had a great time here especially with our friends.
In the time while we were here we bought a little teardrop as we still weren't sure when our caravan arrives. Jan and Naty drove to Ashburton to pick it up. Was an awesome little addition to our travel family! 😁Read more
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