Craigburn Freedom Camp
Sep 3–4, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
On Lake Hawea
Nice day walk up the creek
Luggate Freedom Camp (Wanaka)
Sep 4–5, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Played disc golf with rocks 😂
Wanaka
Sep 5–8, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Some chill days
Roys Peak! Amazing hike
Arrowtown
Sep 8–10, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Snow Machine! Queenstown
Sep 10–14, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
Amyl and the Sniffers on Friday Sep 12 + other shows
Climbing gym
Fergbaker pies
Driftaway Holiday Park, nicest holiday park so far! Holiday park neighbours Loretta and Joseph drove us up toRead more
Paringa - Northbound
Sep 14–15, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Left Queenstown, headed toward the house sit in Motueka
Greymouth - Northbound
Sep 15–16, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
House Sit Motueka
Sep 16–Oct 5, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
House sit for Vanessa while she went to Canada.
Son: Sol
Dog: Sailor
Cat: Tootsie
Chickens! Kept escaping
Sunday market
Rec center gym membership & Pickleball
Wrote CPH Exam, started WME course
Nelson
Oct 5–6, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Rock climbing.
Pack for Abel Tasman Coastal Walk
Motueka
Oct 6–7, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Check out Nelson area & Rabbit Island, some chill day walks, pack for Abel Tasman walk
Abel Tasman Coastal Track - Day 1
Oct 7–8, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Marahau to Anchorage Campsite
Only 2 people in the campsite, a handful in the hut. Played cards with Mike (older Aussie fellow)
Abel Tasman Coastal Track - Day 2
Oct 8–9, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Anchorage Campsite to Bark Bay Campsite.
Natural rock water slide in Cleopatras pools. Eel wanted to eat me.
Slept right on the sand near the beach & estuary. Sat by the fire with group of 5 (UK,Read more
Abel Tasman Coastal Track - Day 3
Oct 9–10, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Bark Bay Campsite to Arawoa Hut.
Stopped at Awaroa Lodge for a nice lunch and beer. Burger and fish tacos.
Sleeping mats have holes so stayed in the hut.
Good evening chats with Julien and StephanieRead more
Abel Tasman Coastal Track - Day 4
October 10, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Awaroa Hut to Totaranui Campsite.
Early morning tidal crossing. Breakfast and coffee at the Totaranui Campsite. We were supposed to stay the night but decided to leave early due to weather and noRead more
Motueka
Oct 10–11, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Finished Abel Tasman then had a shower at rec centre and unpacked
Nelson
Oct 11–12, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Library
Laundromat
Miyazu Japanese Garden
Argyle Pond
Oct 12–13, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Freedom site on our way to Angelus Hut track.
Lots of sandflies! Mostly hid in the van
Westport
Oct 13–15, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Postponed Angelus Hut until Xmas due to winter conditions up there.
Drove to Westport
Mount William day hike near Westport
Met German van couple Moritz and Marie
Fox River - Wild Wednesday!
Oct 15–16, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Cape Foulwind walk along the coast to the seal colony.
Fox River community Wednesday night!!! Beer, joints, jamming drums, great people & community. Gifted parsley! Amazing evening!
Kohaihai / Karamea
Oct 16–17, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
Morning coffee and breakfast sandwiches at Fox River food truck. Local told us we have go up to Karamea area, so we changed our plans and drove up.
Oparara huge limestone arch
Box canyon cave
KohaihaiRead more
Westport
Oct 17–18, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Coastal Walk along the beach & forest north of Kohaihai campsite (part of a Great Walk).
Beautiful area, palm tree forest.
Then drove back to Westport on our way further south.
Greymouth
Oct 18–19, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Drove from Westport to Greymouth. Chill rainy day.
Stopped in Fox River to pick edible flowers, ran into German couple from Abel Tasman (Lara and Joschka).
Pancake Rocks & blowholes
Worked/studied atRead more
Hokitika
Oct 19–20, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
Hokitika Gorge.
Worked in a cafe in the morning, on and off rain
Paringa - Fiordlands-Bound
Oct 20–21, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Torrential downpours. Over 200mm in one day.
Worked in the library a bit.
Decided to start heading toward Te Anau and the Fiordlands. Postponed books hikes/huts.
Kingston - Fiordlands-Bound
Oct 21–22, 2025 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 4 °C
Lots of rain. Drove a lot.
Stopped to check out water falls.
Got soaked and used my mangled umbrella 😂