New Zealand: Crossing The Cook Straight
The journey on to Picton felt like a race against the clock, we stopped overnight along the way, before driving on to make the ferry on time. Along the way […]
The journey on to Picton felt like a race against the clock, we stopped overnight along the way, before driving on to make the ferry on time. Along the way […]
We’re in for an early morning safety briefing. This is your boat. These are the pedals you will use to steer your boat. Wait, what? Push the top half of […]
A short morning drive through the agricultural paradise of apple orchards, vineyards, and hop farms delivered us to a campsite in Marahau close to 11am. We had arrived at the […]
Greymouth was approximately a 45 minute drive away from our next destination, Punakaiki. Another town consisting of a few houses, a gift shop and a tourist attraction. The best time […]
We left Franz Josef after our bath. We had an appointment the following afternoon in the town of Greymouth, over 170km away. Nobody was keen on being the group who […]
The Franz Josef township is another testament to the value of tourism in New Zealand. It was what I had expected to find at Milford Sound. The short main street […]
I walked through the camp ground down to the Haast River. It’s obvious to see from here, Tolkien never considered New Zealand as the setting of his stories. The water […]
It had been 24 hours since I had last seen my journal. It had to be somewhere in the van. I was convinced that I had put it in the […]
Let us buck the trend a little here. I’m going to continue on from the night before as there is still a little more to share. Something that I’ve developed […]
There was no immediate pay off in the morning. The clouds were still clinging to the peaks. The sky was bleak, dark and heavy. I would have to hope for […]