At Leeston
15–17 sep. 2023, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌬 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 thatsLäs mer
Rakaia huts/Weedons
17–20 sep. 2023, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌬 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
Kaiapoi NZMCA #7443
20–26 sep. 2023, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Stayed for 7 days. Great spot. Dog park and beautiful fields behind park. Supermarket (New World) basically across road. Township easy walking distance with great cafes and bars. We both got haicutsLäs mer
Weedons NZMCA #7561
27 sep.–1 okt. 2023, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
The great thing about this camp is that it has s laundry and we were abke to get all our laundry done. Relaxing few days
FC Timaru Patiti Point
1–2 okt. 2023, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Beautiful FC overlooking the bay in Timaru. Toilets in park behind and bus easily able to park. Lovely walkway along leading from harbour to park
Warrington Domain
2–4 okt. 2023, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
Parked at northern end but wind was really bad. Kath moved to southern end and it was as if wed mover to a completely different area. Was calm and peaceful. A lovely spot. Noone on beach. A lovelyLäs mer
Palmerston
2 oktober 2023, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
Windy drive to Warrington with winds gusting 80-90km. Stopped in Palmetston for lunch but it was too windy we stayed in the bus to eat. The town has a board out front showing it was a thrivingLäs mer
NZMCA Ashburton
9–11 dec. 2023, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Stayed 2 nights. Park ok but beside a dirt road lots of noise from people going up and down to river
Weedons NZMCA Christchurch
11–16 dec. 2023, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Stopped for a few days to do hospital appt, do laundry, visit Akaroa
Stuff article
12 december 2023, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Akaroa with Brent
15 december 2023, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Brent our nephew took us for the day out to Akaroa and a vineyard at french pass
Petsitting - Ashburton
2–22 jan. 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Petsitting 'Freddy' the cat in Tinwald Ashburton
Diary purchase 🤣
9 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Excursion into Ashburton. Crossing bridge we saw this bird nesting area. Carried on to warehouse stationery to get a "real" diary to keep track of our days as we're needing to keep someLäs mer
Backing Camera not working
11 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Had to make a stop in at Newlands Auto electrical to get our "reasonably" new bluetooth camera looked at. I say reasonably because it was new when we started out a couple if years ago 🤣. It justLäs mer
Marking time in Tinwald
19 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Were marking time before leaving on our next leg. The weathets been so hot all weve been doing is blobbing out. We got so hot yesterday we ran the hose and got cooled down under it. We even put SofiaLäs mer
Saying goodbye to Freddie
22 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Leaving Ashburton and saying goodbye to our lovely charge Freddy the cat
Kaiapoi NZMCA #7443
22–25 jan. 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Arrived and just managed to find a spot. This is the fullest Ive seen it here and there were motorhomes behind us coming thru the gate. Went over for a coffee with Allen and Dianne who were on theirLäs mer
Sofias Haircut
23 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌬 19 °C
Sofia had her "big girl" haircut today. The weather's been so hot lately weve had to cover her in wet towels and flannels to keep her cool the poor wee thing
Beachfront Kaikoura
26 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
Went to Pier hotel for a seafood platter and a walk along the beachfront
At the dog park
27–28 jan. 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Drove from Kaikoura to Renwick. Stopping the night at the Renwick Dog Park. Great for Sofia as she can run in the off leash area and there's even a paddling pool for the little dogs. Of course SofiaLäs mer
Canvastown
29 jan.–1 feb. 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Heading for Nelson to do some petsitting but dont really want to try and find FC's in the city so we stopped at canvastown to wait out the time before we go. Its only 40mins to Nelson fromLäs mer
Petsitting Nelson
31 jan.–11 feb. 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Looking after Sabi. She such a lovely 'puppy". Full of energy. Her and Sofia are getting on like a house on fire
Bus reorientation
11–12 feb. 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
We stayed at a FC on the outskirts of Nelson to reorient ouselves with 'Red'. Weve been house/petsitting for rhe last 11 days and had dragged stuff inside so had to put things back in place. Such aLäs mer
NZMCA National Rally in Reefton
22–26 feb. 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Nation Rally in Reefton. Wall to wall motorhomes. Thank goodness we have a Red bus. Well we've done it once. Not sure wed do it again but its a tick off the bucket list ✔️🤭😂🤣
A Rest after the Rally.
26–28 feb. 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
After a lunch stop at the Lewis Pass Summit we went on to Balmoral reserve. Birds chirping. Trees all around. Drinking water taps everywhere. So peaceful. Weve decided to stay a couple of nights 🌙