Hello peeps, We are now in Christchurch and finally campervan free. 6 weeks, 7,800 kilometres, loads of petrol and a lot of illegal overnight camping later, we have now officially DONE NZ. Well some of it anyway. We are looking forward to a warm bed and for my "drivers knee" a new complaint I seem to be suffering with, to clear up. From leaving Greymouth and skirting down the wet and windy west coast we stopped into Wanaka, Arrowtown and Queenstown. It ...

Hey all, We are well and truly ensconed down on the South Island now, again, many a waterfall has passed before our camera lenses in the last 2 weeks. Waiting for the weather to improve a bit we head east to Napier and the Hawke bay region to do some wine tasting. Just a short soujourn then back to the hills of the Tongariro National Park. Well, we are still alive after the Tongariro Crossing, despite the attempt of the "fine" weather to finish us ...

Hey all, I think we have had our time in the sun and the Southern Hemisphere is now catching up with the bad weather you guys have had in the UK, as we head into autumn, its getting a bit cooler and wetter. We flew into Auckland and stayed in Ponsonby for a week. Probably 5 days too long. There is not much in Auckland apart from expensive bars and sailing trips. Minus 5 was a highlight. But we had lots of shopping to do for the winter time and managed ...