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...

We made a campers breakfast of milky porridge, with a lovely cup of sugary tea. The porridge oats tasted a little weird but smothered with sugar, it was all good! I was desperate for a shower again as we hadn't stayed in a campsite for two nights and probably weren't later so we found a lot cal swimming pool to see if we could use their showers. The guy at reception seemed a little shocked at my request but offered us both showers for a dollar each, absolute barg...