final clearout
5.–6. jul. 2023, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Went through last of stuff stored at Bev and Cliffs and got rid of everything except some photos. Nothing else in storage now. Very freeing feeling
Brewtown
7.–8. jul. 2023, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Went over to brewtown for dinner and stayed.
Evans Bay Marina
20.–24. jul. 2023, 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 theLes mer
FC Paraparaumu Beach
24. jul.–7. aug. 2023, New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 11 °C
Stayed at FC getting last of stuff sorted with Drs,Dentists Sold car etc
Levin
6.–7. aug. 2023, 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✔️
Recarpeyed all lockers
9. august 2023, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Re carpeted lockers with new carpet peices did kast big laundry before keaving to go to Wellington
FC Evans Bay Marina
11.–14. aug. 2023, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Last Dinner with Girls
12. august 2023, New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
Dinner out with Nikki And Heather. Went to Hot Ssuce at the QT hotel. Joseph and Ollie baby
sat Sofia
Getting on Ferry
14. august 2023, 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
Picton
14. august 2023, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Arrived on Bluebridge Connemarra at Picton
Havelock Holiday Park
14.–17. aug. 2023, 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 "SlipLes mer
Gouge in tyre
16. august 2023, 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 byLes mer
Canvastown
17.–19. aug. 2023, 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
Cable Bay Holiday Park
19.–21. aug. 2023, 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
Nelson for Tyres then Kaikoura
21. august 2023, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
New front tyres @$800 each🤪 Advantage tyres
NZMCA Kaikoura #7140
21.–31. aug. 2023, 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.
Kaths birthday Dinner.
29. august 2023, 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 😋
Kaikoura NZMCA #7172
31. aug.–2. sep. 2023, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Other Kaikoura park down by racetrack. Closer to beach. Diane and Allan stayed then we were going towards Christchurch
Torlesse Wines wine tasting
1. september 2023, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Wine tasting in Waipara at Torlesse Winery and a stay overnight. 😋. Allen and Dianne stayed also.
Papanui RSA #
2.–4. sep. 2023, 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.
Woolston Club #7552
4.–7. sep. 2023, 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 showingLes mer
Weedons NZMCA park #
9.–11. sep. 2023, 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
Port Hills Truck stop
11. september 2023, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Took Red in to do air suspension and got rental for a day.
B2BRV
13. september 2023, 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 👌