More weather changes ….. Again we woke to weird weather – we were woken by heavy rain but within half an hour the sun was out again ! After breakfast we packed up the car to set out to our next stop at the southern end of NZ in Invercargill. […]

Alps and animals … DAY 1 – Queenstown to Te Anau After a nice few days around Queenstown, we packed up the car and headed south to our next stop in Te Anau. Not a long drive but we were following the Southern Scenic Route – well another part of […]

Gold of all kinds ! DAY 1 – The Road to Queenstown We woke to another nice morning, cold but with spectacular views of Mt Cook which continued as we sat for breakfast and had a very expansive and tasty spread – if you don’t count the coffee. The one […]

I think we flew on that plane last time we were here ! Well, today was a pretty stunning scenery day – and we had perfect weather for it. It was very cold overnight and we woke to frost on the ground – and on the car ! After breakfast […]

Finding my way ……………. With our time in the North Island now at an end, we packed up this morning for our flight from Wellington to Christchurch. We had a light breakfast at the airport whilst we waited for our 10am flight. Checkin was quick – so quick that we […]