New ZealandWest CoastGrey DistrictCobden42°26’52” S 171°12’52” E December 1, 2019 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Grey mouth is the Butte or Aberdeen of NZ.
Everyone still has a mullet and wife beater t shirts and eats Big Mac, Coke and frys for breakfast.
Spent the night on the beach. At 4:45 am a loudRead more
New ZealandWest CoastWestland DistrictHaastHaast Aerodrome43°51’29” S 169°2’33” E December 1, 2019 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Stayed on the beach last night. Had a fire and spaghetti. Local assholes circled our van at 4:45 am.
Rained all day on our drive.
New ZealandOtagoQueenstown-Lakes DistrictWanaka44°41’41” S 169°8’9” E New ZealandSouthlandSouthland DistrictMossburn45°39’6” S 168°16’5” E
December 7, 2019 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Stayed at a lovely campground in a small simple cabin and worked on Wagon Wheel song. Met a captain on one of the yachts owned by the King of Quatar. Heading for Doubtful Bay for a overnight cruise.
New ZealandSouthland45°33’59” S 168°3’58” E
December 7, 2019 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
On our way to Doubtful Sound.
New ZealandSouthlandDoubtful Sound/Patea45°22’24” S 167°4’35” E
December 8, 2019 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 0 °C
Just practiced Wagon Wheel. Should have gone out on the boat tenders or kayaks?
It quit raining just long enough for it to be enjoyable.
Susan’s doing great on singing and the lyrics!
New ZealandCanterburyChristchurch CityBurnsideChristchurch International Airport43°29’10” S 172°33’8” E
December 12, 2019 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Just dropped off the lucky van and picking up Maui motor home to ferry between Christchurch and Auckland.
They charge $7 per 100 km and $5 day.
They pay for ferry we basically get the van for $12Read more
New ZealandCanterburyChristchurch CityBurnsideChristchurch International Airport43°29’10” S 172°33’8” E
December 12, 2019 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Stopped for breakfast at Kaikoura. There are limestone caves here which are now closed to earthquakes.
Stayed in our Maui Renault van near the HW near and old bridge. Just putting the wraps onRead more
New ZealandCanterburyKaikoura DistrictKaikoura Suburban42°21’36” S 173°41’29” E December 13, 2019 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
We drove out of town on Old Beach Road. Beautiful long black sand beach. Really fine sand. Tour planes and hell’s looking for whales I guess?
December 13, 2019 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Very cute little beach side town, not to be missed. Rebuilding after 7.8 earthquake in 2016. Known for crayfish and marine mammal watching
