Sun 22nd – Tue 24th Feb Accommodation:  Sebel Auckland Viaduct Harbour Sun 22nd Feb It was a big day of travel for us today. It started with an early morning departure from Te Anau for the two hour drive to Queenstown Airport to return the cars and then our flight to Auckland. We made it to… More

Thurs 19th – Sun 22nd Feb Accommodation: Te Anau Garden Apartment 1 on AirBnB Thurs 19th Feb It was a sunny, albeit very windy, morning for our departure from Invercargill and drive up to Te Anau. We had an early lunch stop at the Orepuki Cafe as this had come highly recommended from Bev, the… More

Tue 17th Feb – Thurs 19th Feb Accommodation: Quest Serviced Apartment Tue 17th Feb It was pouring with rain for our departure from Dunedin which made packing the car a rather wet endeavour. Mark had prepared a list of stops for our journey down to Invercargill so we persevered. First was for a coffee at… More

Sun 15th Feb – Tues 17th Feb Accommodation: The Thomas Gregg Apartments Sun 15th Feb We eventually departed Oamaru around 11.30 am and our first stop was to view the Moeraki Boulders. These are large, spherical objects scattered along Koekohe Beach. They are actually concretions that were formed roughly 60 million years ago. They started… More

Sat 14th Feb – Sun 15th Feb Accommodation: Poshtell Sat 14th February It was about 9 am by the time we got away for the 4 hour drive across to Oamaru and we were lucky to have good weather. Our first stop was at Tarras as this little township held significance for Colleen given she… More

Sun 8th Feb – Sat 14th Feb Accommodation: RuRu Retreat on AirBnB Thursday 12th We woke to the most glorious morning with not a cloud in the sky and sunshine filling the whole house. Literally filling the house as the large common area of the upper floor had huge glass windows, and sliding doors, and… More

Sun 8th Feb – Sat 14th Feb Accommodation: RuRu Retreat on AirBnB   Mon 9th: Queenstown Gondola and Shotover Day It was a cloudy start to the day but the boys set off on a bike ride and us girls took a walk. All that was curtailed though as David felt unwell on the ride… More

Sun 8th Feb – Sat 14th Feb Accommodation: RuRu Retreat on AirBnB Sun 8th Feb Our flight from Auckland to Queenstown was uneventful and we met up with Colleen and David at the airport and just before our 3pm check in at our AirBnB. It was the most spectacular weather for our arrival, with clear… More

Sat 7th Feb – Sun 8th Feb Accommodation: Sebel Auckland Viaduct Harbour It was a glorious day for our flight to Auckland and we were lamenting leaving such beautiful weather behind us. The forecast for most of our NZ stops was from 6° to 18° C so we were in for a little bit of… More