I could hear the rain drops pouring down on our van, so I really didn't want to get up. We ended up sleeping in until gone 8am. Despite the lie in being a lovely start to the day, on arriving at the public showers (2 Dollars for 5 mins hot water), I was 5th in line for one shower! An hour later, I was finally in showering, racing to beat the clock! Thankfully, I just about managed to get all the soap and conditioner out of my hair before the freezing cold water b...

After paying our 1 dollar coin for 6 minutes of hot water, we were showered and having breakfast ready for the day. I FaceTimed my Mum and Dad who happened to be with Jack, Nanny Jen and Uncle Mike having a lovely family roast dinner. We chatted away for some time, mainly with me laughing at they're craziness! I miss my family but I'm having such an amazing time here I don't want it to end. We drove 45 mins to Abel Tasman National Park as we'd read it was suppos...

After our camper kettle handle snapped off whilst I was making my much needed cup of tea, our first mission of the day would be to purchase a new kettle. As we were up pretty early, before anyone else in the car park actually, we thought we'd go for a little wonder. We ended up at the harbour side and sat there for an hour with our books whilst we waited for the library to open. At 9.30am on the dot, we arrived at the library as it opened. We spent half an hour...

We were unsure what our next steps for today and the next few days might be. We were keen to ensure we got up to Nelson with enough time to see Abel Tasman, one of New Zealand's best National Parks. After making the decision to by pass Christchurch as a stop and drive all the way up to Nelson, we compromised by taking the slightly longer scenic route instead. The journey from Timaru to Nelson took us 9 hours with several food and petrol stops. We went through a...

I was woken by bright rays of sunshine beaming through from behind the Campervan curtains. It had stopped raining at last! We made ourselves peanut butter and jam sandwiches... not a healthy or substantial breakfast at all, then packed up and headed on our way. We were making a quick 30 minute journey to the town of Oamaru. Oamaru architecture and scenery was very different to any town we had visited so far in New Zealand. It is pretty much known for its vintag...