Heathrow, start of our journey
27 de agosto de 2024, Inglaterra ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
LHR to Frankfurt
27 de agosto de 2024, Alemanha ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Pretty uneventful, first on the plane was a first but as only an hour flight, with a cold meat salad and coffee served we had soon arrived in Germany. We went to the lounge to wait for the nextLeia mais
Arrived at last, Sydney 5.10 am
29 de agosto de 2024, Austrália ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Great welcome from Ben & Jacqui, ballon and cakes. Not so good from Qantas even being
Priority first class with 2 foot priory tags on all our bags, they left one behind in Singapore. All my AustraliaLeia mais
Day 3 in Oz
31 de agosto de 2024, Austrália ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Lovely walk along the Bronte Beach, 10k steps all round the top beach path, through the cemetery, and then had breakfast before retracing our steps back to the car. We're back home now watching an NRLLeia mais
Day 4 - The Blue Mountains
1 de setembro de 2024, Austrália ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
We set off early as it's about a 2 hour drive to the Blue Mountains in Katoomba from Randwick, where Ben lives. Breathtakingly beautiful, along with fun, sky train, steepest mountain train in theLeia mais
Day 6 - Adventures in Sydney on the tram
4 de setembro de 2024, Austrália ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Jacqui dropped us off at the team stop down the road from their place and within minutes we were on our was to Sydney, Circular Quay on our adventures. Looking at the Opera House and Bridge again,Leia mais
Hunter Valley- Kalamatra Retreat Villa
5 de setembro de 2024, Austrália ⋅ 🌬 22 °C
We set off at 9.30 am, dropped Bobby the dog off at Jacqui's friends for the weekend, and headed to the beach cafe for lunch. Wow, what a place, great food, great wines & great views. With an hour &Leia mais
Pokolbin, aqua golf, BBQ & wine tasting
6 de setembro de 2024, Austrália ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Well, with the disappointment of not being able to go on the baloon flight, we did decide to stay local. We went to the local pokolbin centre, I toured the shops and the others did pitch and put andLeia mais
Homeward bound- leaving Pokolbin
7 de setembro de 2024, Austrália ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Sad day our long weekend with Ben & Jacqui, Callum & Mhari in this beautiful Villa is over. We are heading home. Stopped for a lovely breakfast at Enzo's, said our goodbyes to Callumhari and droveLeia mais
New Zealand Days 1 - 3
10 de setembro de 2024, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Well Ben dropped us off at 05.30am and we went straight to drop our bags off. I asked them to make sure they both come with us 🤣 Answer was of course we never lose luggage (Emirates) that was. ButLeia mais
New Zealand Days 4
13 de setembro de 2024, Nova Zelândia ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Leaving Kaikoura, we headed up to Mouteka on the way we stopped at a seal colony, and we could have stayed for hours watching their antics. They are so many different colours, taking turns to diveLeia mais
New Zealand - Day 5
14 de setembro de 2024, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Off to TAKAKI, I think google maps thinks we are mountain goats as we've climbed up and down mountain roads for 3 days now! Depending into Tekaki we find a fabulous cafe called "The Wholemeal Cafe"Leia mais
Pohara to Westport NZ
15 de setembro de 2024, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Martin Birthday, we were told not to rush today we can leave when we're ready. But after deciding on going down to Westport next and it being a 5 hour journey, some over mountains again, so we got upLeia mais
Westport to Franz Josef NZ
16 de setembro de 2024, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Up and on our way at 9.30 am we wanted to get to Punakaiki by 11 as high tide is the best time to see the Pancake Rocks and Blow holes. This we did and boy we were not disappointed, the views andLeia mais
Franz Joseph, Fox Glaciers
17 de setembro de 2024, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Wow, what a day, I think I've bored you with the video as I wanted to show you all, and they had wifi at the helicopter office. We really couldn't believe the beauty of it all today. A young couple onLeia mais
Franz Josef - Wanaka
18 de setembro de 2024, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
What a difference a day makes, rain, sleet, snow, and very low clouds today. So glad we chose yesterday for the glacier trip. We managed to find all of our points of interest today. We didn't get toLeia mais
Wanaka - Queenstown NZ
19 de setembro de 2024, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
First stop after leaving Wanaka Camp Site was to see " That Wanaka Tree" at the southern tip of Lake Wanaka, the tree grows alone in the water and is a very popular tourist attraction. Couldn't resistLeia mais
QUEENSTOWN 2 NIGHT STOPOVER
20 de setembro de 2024, Nova Zelândia ⋅ 🌫 6 °C
We spent the day in queenstown, had a lay in, and then visited the skyline gondola first before the rush. It was fantastic the view from the top, we did manage a panorama pic, but this doesn't do itLeia mais
QUEENSTOWN TO CURIO BAY
21 de setembro de 2024, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Sadly, we woke up to the news that the road to Milford Sound was closed and, due to severe weather conditions, was likely to remain closed for the weekend. We had no option but to cancel our night inLeia mais
Curio Bay to Dunedin
22 de setembro de 2024, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Found an old railway station in Kingston and enthusiasts were firing up the engine. Privilege to watch, we went on then to Slope Point and here even the trees slope! The most gorgeous empty beach wasLeia mais
Dunedin to Moeraki Boulders
23 de setembro de 2024, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Great drive up from Denedin, not that far, considering the length of some of the journeys we've done. Nature is definitely on the agenda today. We headed for Katiki Point Lighthouse and walked alongLeia mais
Moeraki to Twizel
24 de setembro de 2024, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Nor much happened today. We moved camps but not too far away and went grocery shopping in the way. We stopped for lunch by a dam and were excited to see the ssnow-capped mountains come back intoLeia mais
Twizel to Glentanner (Mount Cook)
25 de setembro de 2024, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Lovely relaxing day, spent in the mountains. We sat out reading in the sun for a while. A couple of other travellers joined us for chat. Had lunch and followed the instructions into our camp for theLeia mais
Glentanner to Lake Tekapo
26 de setembro de 2024, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Well yet another disappointment we were due to be at the hermitage hotel at 10.15 in mount cook to go on a glacier experience boat trip but at 9.30 the office rang to say due to adverse weatherLeia mais
Lake Tekapo to Temuka
27 de setembro de 2024, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Not far to go again, we went to a local beauty spot and had our coffee, no sunshine this morning, so we didn't sit outside. Great view, we could have looked at all day! Did our research on Temuka andLeia mais

















































































































































































