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- Day 690–693
- September 17, 2023 at 9:00 AM - September 20, 2023
- 3 nights
- 🌬 18 °C
- Altitude: 62 m
New ZealandTempleton43°33’47” S 172°26’9” E
Rakaia huts/Weedons
Sep 17–20, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
Went to Rakaia huts but because of rain there was a likelihood of the river floodind so we didnt want to take any chances and we decided not to stay and went back weedons
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- Day 688–690
- September 15, 2023 at 11:00 AM - September 17, 2023
- 2 nights
- 🌬 11 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- New ZealandSelwyn River/Waikirikiri43°40’28” S 172°23’30” E
At Leeston
Sep 15–17, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 11 °C
Stayed at Rosemary and Andrews. Rosemary cooked a beautiful dinner and her and Andrew took us to dunstandel where apparently the "best" cheese scones are found.(and they were) Also saw a plane thatsRead more
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- Day 687–688
- September 14, 2023 at 4:23 PM - September 15, 2023
- 1 night
- 🌬 18 °C
- Altitude: 52 m
- New ZealandTempleton43°33’49” S 172°26’13” E
Weedons NZMCA
Sep 14–15, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
Stayed after pipe fixed
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- Day 686
- Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 4:19 PM
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 22 m
- New ZealandWigram43°32’30” S 172°32’55” E
B2BRV
September 13, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Fixed the leak in black water tank. Pretty hard place to find tucked down the back but so customer focussed and friendly. Dropped tools and sorted for us immediately 👌
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- Day 684
- Monday, September 11, 2023 at 7:20 PM
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- New ZealandHillsborough43°34’3” S 172°41’10” E
Port Hills Truck stop
September 11, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Took Red in to do air suspension and got rental for a day.
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- Day 682–684
- September 9, 2023 at 4:12 PM - September 11, 2023
- 2 nights
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 52 m
- New ZealandTempleton43°33’50” S 172°26’12” E
Weedons NZMCA park #
Sep 9–11, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Stayed till we could organise someone to do suspension bags. Then picked up a rental car snd dropped off Red at Port Hill Truck Services. Very quickly done
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- Day 677–680
- September 4, 2023 at 10:00 AM - September 7, 2023
- 3 nights
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- New ZealandWoolston43°32’42” S 172°40’52” E
Woolston Club #7552
Sep 4–7, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Stayed at Woolston club. Good deal here $10 per night then get $10 voucher for food and drink at the club. Waiting to find somewhere to do our rear air suspension as theyre now 30yrs old and showingRead more
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- Day 675–677
- September 2, 2023 at 2:02 PM - September 4, 2023
- 2 nights
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 21 m
- New ZealandPapanui43°29’53” S 172°36’27” E
Papanui RSA #
Sep 2–4, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Parked up in corner. Club very friendly to motorhomers but not great parking spaces. Kath gave Sofia a groom. Stayed an extra day after Dianne and Allen left to go to their petsit.
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- Day 674
- Friday, September 1, 2023 at 2:00 PM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 72 m
- New ZealandWaipara43°3’16” S 172°45’38” E
Torlesse Wines wine tasting
September 1, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Wine tasting in Waipara at Torlesse Winery and a stay overnight. 😋. Allen and Dianne stayed also.
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- Day 673–675
- August 31, 2023 at 12:00 PM - September 2, 2023
- 2 nights
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- New ZealandGooch Bay42°24’58” S 173°40’36” E
Kaikoura NZMCA #7172
Aug 31–Sep 2, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Other Kaikoura park down by racetrack. Closer to beach. Diane and Allan stayed then we were going towards Christchurch
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- Day 671
- Tuesday, August 29, 2023 at 7:40 PM
- 🌙 10 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- New ZealandKaikoura Aerodrome42°24’52” S 173°42’4” E
Kaths birthday Dinner.
August 29, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
Dianne and Allan turned up today so we decided wed go for kaths birthday dinner. We wentbto the Pier Hotel. Finally had our crayfish and we could taste it 😋
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- Day 663–673
- August 21, 2023 at 4:35 PM - August 31, 2023
- 10 nights
- 🌬 9 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- New ZealandLyell Creek42°22’31” S 173°40’54” E
NZMCA Kaikoura #7140
Aug 21–31, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 9 °C
Stayed for 10 days to try and shake off flu. Kaths birthday 28th but we decided wed wait till she was better and go for dinner to a nice seafood restaurant.
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- Day 663
- Monday, August 21, 2023 at 11:30 AM
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- New ZealandMaitai River41°16’24” S 173°16’51” E
Nelson for Tyres then Kaikoura
August 21, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
New front tyres @$800 each🤪 Advantage tyres
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- Day 661–663
- August 19, 2023 at 4:25 PM - August 21, 2023
- 2 nights
- 🌧 11 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- New ZealandSentinel Hill41°9’43” S 173°24’44” E
Cable Bay Holiday Park
Aug 19–21, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Stayed here. Weather not so good plus still feeling unwell. Still testing negative. Waiting to go pick up tyres in Nelson
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- Day 659–661
- August 17, 2023 at 11:00 AM - August 19, 2023
- 2 nights
- ☀️ 9 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
- New ZealandWakamarina River41°17’29” S 173°40’11” E
Canvastown
Aug 17–19, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Stayed 2 nights. Both had flu like symptoms. Checking for Covid but negative. Stayed on bus and/or away from others
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- Day 658
- Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 3:05 PM
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- New ZealandHavelock41°16’46” S 173°46’6” E
Gouge in tyre
August 16, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Kath was doing the check over before we moved tomorrow and noticed a huge gouge out of the front tire. Because they are not easy to come by we contacted Nelson and they said theyd have 2 new ones byRead more
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- Day 656–659
- August 14, 2023 at 5:00 PM - August 17, 2023
- 3 nights
- ☀️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- New ZealandHavelock41°16’46” S 173°46’6” E
Havelock Holiday Park
Aug 14–17, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Stayed at park as we liked it by the marina and just to get our bearings for where to next. Went to mussel pot for dinner. Beautiful meal. Went to the marina to a restaurant cafe called the "SlipRead more
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- Day 656
- Monday, August 14, 2023 at 12:00 PM
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- New ZealandPicton Ferry Port41°17’10” S 174°0’13” E
Picton
August 14, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Arrived on Bluebridge Connemarra at Picton
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- Day 656
- Monday, August 14, 2023 at 8:00 AM
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- New ZealandLambton Harbour41°16’46” S 174°46’59” E
Getting on Ferry
August 14, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Got to bluebridge and all went smoothly. Went on Connemara as they have dog friendly cabins. Given keys to dog friendly cabin and able to have Sofia with us
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- Day 654
- Saturday, August 12, 2023 at 3:00 PM
- 🌙 10 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- New ZealandWellington Ferry Port41°17’31” S 174°46’58” E
Last Dinner with Girls
August 12, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
Dinner out with Nikki And Heather. Went to Hot Ssuce at the QT hotel. Joseph and Ollie baby
sat Sofia
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- Day 653–656
- August 11, 2023 at 3:00 PM - August 14, 2023
- 3 nights
- ☀️ 10 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- New ZealandHataitai41°18’43” S 174°47’47” E
FC Evans Bay Marina
Aug 11–14, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
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- Day 651
- Wednesday, August 9, 2023 at 11:00 AM
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- New ZealandParaparaumu Airport40°53’53” S 174°58’39” E
Recarpeyed all lockers
August 9, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Re carpeted lockers with new carpet peices did kast big laundry before keaving to go to Wellington
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- Day 648–649
- August 6, 2023 at 2:14 PM - August 7, 2023
- 1 night
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Altitude: 31 m
- New ZealandLevin40°37’51” S 175°16’40” E
Levin
Aug 6–7, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Stayed at levin Cossie club and went to Gypsy Caravans for Hayden to increase the depth of the side locker to fit our e-scooters. Last bit of the jobs now done✔️
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- Day 635–649
- July 24, 2023 at 6:00 PM - August 7, 2023
- 14 nights
- 🌬 11 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- New ZealandParaparaumu Airport40°53’53” S 174°58’39” E
FC Paraparaumu Beach
Jul 24–Aug 7, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 11 °C
Stayed at FC getting last of stuff sorted with Drs,Dentists Sold car etc
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- Day 631–635
- July 20, 2023 at 12:50 PM - July 24, 2023
- 4 nights
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- New ZealandHataitai41°18’43” S 174°47’47” E
Evans Bay Marina
Jul 20–24, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Parked up so Kathy could be close to airport . Kathy going to Sydney for Puma Football promotion for football ferns. Sharon staying on bus with Sofia. Sharon however was admitted into hospital for theRead more