Went to Adelaide to meet Harvey, great 'little' city with the centre surrounded by park, can see the rolling hills one direction and out to the coast in the other. Lots of Jacaranda trees lining theLue lisää
On Sat Harvey had a route planned out down the Fleurieu Peninsular so naturally we got a little lost when trying to find the start of a footpath (we never found it!) 😅 We did however get to severalLue lisää
Soph (South America friend 😁) came and picked me up from Auckland Airport which was so nice... was great to see her again and tell her about the remaining trip and gossip! It was also good to hearLue lisää
Spent a lot of the morning on a bus between Auckland and Hamilton and panicking as had booked a black water rafting Cave tour with no way of getting to Waitomo Caves!!! 🤦♀️ managed to hire aLue lisää
Busy day nerding out at as much Tolkien as I could find in the limited time!
Left at 7:30am to go on the Hobbiton Movie set tour, which was awesome 😁 tried to make a deal with the Green Dragon InnLue lisää
Picked up hire car and had a drive to Lake Tekapo. Planned on going to the Lupin field and just have a ganda around before heading to a camp site at Lake Pukaki...
The Lake is stunning, soLue lisää
Yer woke up and had a bit of a telling off by a ranger, apparently I wasn't meant to camp in that car park as I am not self contained or something 🙄 anyways, he took pity and didn't fine me!Lue lisää
Woke up, freezing feet... and the car was completely frozen over 🥶 immediately put on the engine and straddled the steering wheel with feet on vents to warm up!!! (Got some funny looks from aLue lisää