Saturday 10 May - part deux Saturday afternoon - everyone gathered at the Hall second time that day, and at 1.30pm we were officially...

Saturday 10 May - morning report Saturday dawned bright and clear - but not until after we’d had our morning briefing in the dark and set...

Friday 9 May A first for our Odyssey - such a wet miserable day we did boring stuff and took ZERO photos! After ballooning breakfast,...

Thursday 8 May After three days of amazing weather for ballooning, the wind got a bit over excited and put a stop to all the fun ❌...

Wednesday 7 May Early morning start again - we gathered outside the Hororata Hall for the morning briefing as this was the official ...

Tuesday 6 May Another day, another opportunity to fly in this amazing landscape! Up at crack of sparrow’s to get to Sheffield (pie shop...

Monday 5 May Apologies in advance… but Jeremy took me flying in his new hot air balloon Dutch Oven, in front of the snow capped Southern...

Sunday 4 May I guess being camped this close to a big river in the second day of duck hunting season it wasn’t surprising to wake to...

Saturday 3 May Finally!! We awoke as the sun peeked through the clouds and started drying up the floods - about time too! Spent the...

Friday 2 May Friday was chores day in the rain. The lake we were parked in at Treehouse Resort was gradually draining away but you still...

Thursday 1 May Trying to get ahead of the weather and potential road closures we packed up in the freezing rain and hit the rather...

Wednesday 30 April They drew us north into Cyclone Tam for Esther’s wedding, and now they come south and we are hit by a weather bomb 💣...

Tuesday 29 April With a horrific weather forecast ahead, a rather empty fridge & pantry, and an appointment to meet Abby & Jeremy in...

Monday 28 April Woke early to catch a beautiful sunrise - it was so worth it! The chooks paid us a visit so we thanked them for the eggs...

Sunday 27 April Another glorious autumnal day - we pottered about for a couple of hours then headed off up the pass to tackle a section...

Saturday 26 April An epic autumn day in Arthur’s Pass - started with a quick stroll out to watch the sun creep over the mountains at Cass....

Friday 25 April An early start as we headed up the hill to the Lake Coleridge Billiards Club to join the ANZAC Dawn Service. It was...

Thursday 24 April A big day in the wide open spaces around Lake Coleridge and its village and power station. 3*C and a frost made this...

Wednesday 23 April Lovely waking up in the peace of the Treehouse Retreat - 3 other vans parked up but it was quiet as. We did a few...

Tuesday 22 April The hoodlums were delighted that their evening visitors were still there in the morning and jumped all over Louis… not...