Category Archives: New Zealand

Well, we found that Invercargill was pretty much like we had experienced on a previous trip, It was lunch time on Sunday when we arrived and our quick drive along the main street indicated that there were very few places … Continue reading →

We are now in the town of Te Anau in Fjordland in the very south of New Zealand. We have just had a nice meal in a restaurant called The Ranch which is located at the top of the main … Continue reading →

Jill and I are having a relaxed trip to NZ for the next ten days. We flew into Christchurch on Saturday and drove down to Timaru for our first night. We spent our second night at Mount Cook where it … Continue reading →

On our second day in Blenheim, we had to move 25 kilometres up the road to Picton because that was the only place where could find a motel for the night. It had rained heavily overnight, but it was fine … Continue reading →

The wineries in the Marlborough area are renowned for their Sauvignon Blancs, We’ve been enjoying them greatly over the last few days . After arriving in Nelson, the weather cleared and we had a beautiful sunny day on Saturday. We … Continue reading →

Taking advantage of a very cheap Qantas fare, we decided to  spend this week predominantly in the Marlborough area of  the South Island of New Zealand. We flew from home via Auckland and then found that cur flight to Christchurch … Continue reading →

We left the Bay of Islands and headed down the highway to Auckland. Nothing too much to report here. I was hoping to see Officer Dave from that very lame Motorway Madness reality show on TV, but he must have … Continue reading →

This is a very scenic area of InZid. We are now starting to talk just like the locals. We hope that we might run into an Eckadimmock (one who works in a university) but we only seem to run into … Continue reading →

We’ve covered a few kilometers since my last post. Three days ago, we drove from Hicks Bay to Tauranga. It would have been an interesting trip but there is a very strong anti-cyclone over NZ at the moment and this … Continue reading →

We left Napier on Thursday morning, driving through Gisborne and along the east coast of the East Cape (if that’s not too confusing). We reached Gisborne by lunchtime but it didn’t appear to have too much to offer from our … Continue reading →