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Oh Oamaru! Where do we begin with this precious little town?! We were fortunate enough to arrive (completely by chance!) during their Victorian Heritage Weekend celebrating Queen Victorias 200th Birthday! Everybody was dressed up to the nines in their Victorian fashion, most of which was hand made! We enjoyed going to all the arty shops,… Read more
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Dunedin welcomed us with open arms. With a free campsite right by the town centre, albeit a carpark, it had portaloos and a sink with drinking water. If we chose to leave Gladys there for the day it only cost $5, bargain! We stayed in Dunedin for 3 nights (the maximum amount of nights you… Read more
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The limestone arches in the Oparara Valley are an unbelievable site of Mother Nature’s. They are just a bit further up from Karamea, down an hours track through the bush. They are 200 metres long, and 37 metres high. The ‘sandwich’ has an underlying layer of Granite and an overlaying layer of mudstone, formed around… Read more
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In the 1900’s settlers were brought in from England to set up in Karamea. They arrived with nothing but their own luggage and clothes on their backs. They had to set up their own food supply and built their own houses. Now, Karamea is a pretty little town, with a very friendly atmosphere. We enjoyed… Read more
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As we are in Marlborough, the largest wine region in New Zealand, with 27,000 Hectares, we thought it best that we do a wine tour! Well, what an indulgement! We enjoyed going to 6 different vineyards all transported by our lovely host Kathy, who did a great job of keeping up the conversations and making… Read more
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Well this was a few weeks back now, but we climbed a 1088m mountain to the top! It took us 3 hours and 50 minutes, including a 20 minute stop at the top for a bite to eat and photo opportunities! It was a spectacular walk though; walking first up hills with cows then you… Read more
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Well what an experience! We were on our way to Taupo, and 9km out found a stop for a Geothermal walk and campsite. So we went on the walk for 10$ each, and then were talking to John who runs the place and he was telling us about WWOOFing (World Wide Opportunites on Organic Farms)… Read more
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So the buried village is like New Zealand’s mini Pompeii. It was quite a sad thing to go around and imagine all the 150 lives lost in a volcanic eruption, and the loss of the Eight Wonder of the World – the Pink Terraces. But we were glad we did it as it was a… Read more
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We did something a bit different and parked on someones drive as opposed to staying on a campsite! It was really wonderful! Not only did we get our own bathroom and hot shower, there was a kitchen for us to use and a washing machine (luxury in campervaning life)! Pam and Neville were wonderful hosts… Read more
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Stacey’s 25th BirthdayMuch to Stacey’s disappointment we had to hang around Auckland for her birthday as we were waiting on our vans heating to be fixed. But we made the most of it and took a boat trip to Waiheke Island which is a very peaceful island, no one lives there anymore but there are… Read more
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