Friday 31 January What an epic journey! We’d had been somewhat dreading coming over the Haast Pass after struggling with Arthur’s Pass a...

Thursday 30 January Early morning alarm 5.45am… bit of a shock! But the forecast was for a sunny day so we set off to Lake Matheson so...

Wednesday 29 January What to do at Fox Glacier when the rain sets in? Woke around 4am as the rain battered on Banjo’s roof - but this...

Tuesday 28 January Struggling to keep up with my daily reports on Facebook, and definitely on the blog - this is what happened when...

Monday 28 January A perfect day at Fox Glacier - the sun rose behind the Southern Alps and stayed with us for most of the day. It was...

Sunday 26 January Heading on down the West Coast to the glaciers… it was still damp and grey as we left Lake Manipua, though there were...

Saturday 25 January From Jackson’s Retreat we headed on westward to the coast and then southbound to Hokitika. It was grey and cloudy...

Friday 24 January What a huge day! Started by leaving the weird Woodend Beach Holiday Park with its (passive) aggressive signage &...

Thursday 23 January Ella’s day off - so in between Louis doing more caravan chores she took us on a wee tour of bits of Christchurch we’d...

Wednesday 22 January Chilling out in Christchurch - some caravan chores, lunch at Riverside Market (it’s the law!) then a walk to the...

Tuesday 21 January Packing out of Kaikoura Top Ten Holiday Park was not the simplest endeavour - especially when you have one of the...

Monday 20 January We may not have seen a whale, but seal sightings are guaranteed at Kaikoura if you take the cliff walk. The path along...

Sunday 19 January It was a bit Moby Dick - a relentless quest to find a whale who we knew was hiding out in the ocean nearby - but who...

Saturday 18 January Time to move on - from Abel Tasman in the northwest-ish to Kaikoura on the East coast. Linus said "Totsiens" to...

Friday 17 January Such a perfect day! We followed the forecast and booked a Wilsons’ cruise for Friday - sailing up the coast from...

Thursday 16 January Thursday was spent looking for the sun… spoiler alert, we found it eventually! Forecast as cloudy early with sun...

Wednesday 15 January What to do in Abel Tasman when the weather turns to pish? Go underground at Ngārua Caves and squelch through the...

Tuesday 14 January Time to leave Nelson for Motueka, and to lose a fellow traveller… Hitched up and collected our passengers - said...

Monday 13 January A day of adventuring rounded off with Christmas celebrations by special request! I took an early morning stroll along...

Sunday 12 January I took soooo many photos, my Facebook report came in two separate parts - I will endeavour to reunite the morning and...