Wed 6th -Thurs 7th May Accommodation: Villa Maria Teresa Boutique Hotel Wed 6th May We departed home at 7 am on Tuesday 6th May and finally arrived at our accommodation, just outside of Rome, at 4 pm Wednesday 6th May. This particular journey took forever, we’d been in transit for over 36 hours, and was… More
Wed 25th March – Thur 26th March Accommodation: The Florance but we booked via Booking.com. Wed 25th March Our check-in at The Florance in Launceston wasn’t until 2 pm so we filled in the middle of the day with a visit out to Cataract Gorge where we did a bit of a walk, had lunch… More
Mon 23rd March – Wed 25th March Accommodation: Beachside Bliss in Bridport but we booked via Booking.com Mon 23rd March There was a very thick fog when we woke this morning so we delayed our departure from Ulverstone by taking a long walk along Buttons Beach and making two visits to our favourite cafe, Thirty… More
Ulverstone: Fri 20th March – Mon 23rd March Fri 20th March & Sat 21st March Mark and I caught up with Judy at the airport for the trip down to Tasmania, and our first stop at Ulverstone, where we were staying with Gordon and Judy at their house. Our flight didn’t land until almost… More
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