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
Sun 14th Sept Our Copenhagen hotel: here and here. It was almost 3 pm by the time we arrived at our hotel in Copenhagen and found this to be a lovely, large and comfortable space for our one night stay. It was far bigger than what we’d needed and even had a washing machine that… More