The Blog Hello one and all. So we are now leaving Blenheim and on our way back to the Able Tasman national park. On the way to the park we stopped outside Nelson again for a few nights in the little village of Wakefield, which we both loved. I love the place so much that I decided that it was the right time to ask Anna if she will marry me, and to my relief she said yes. I walked her to the top of a hill with a lovely view of the area, the moon was just out and ...

Dunedin to Blenheim Dunedin This was a really bustling city, with an edgy, funky vibe. Parts of it reminded Tim and I of Bristol, around the bohemian Park Street area. New Zealand's oldest university is here (out of 5 in the country), lending the city a youthful exuberance. The city was settled by Scotts, and the name itself apparently means 'Edinburgh' in Celtic. There was some very elegant and familiar-looking architecture, with large, Victorian terraced hous...

Queenstown to the Far South Queenstown The drive to Queenstown was spectacular. It took us through some of the most impressive scenery of our trip, as we entered Mount Aspiring National Park. Many of the scenes from Lord of the Rings were filmed here, and we could certainly recognize the terrain. Tim and I were both very relieved to see the sun again, and enjoyed several days of glorious sunshine in and around Queenstown. Our journey here from rainy Westland wo...

The West coast Hi all Tim here, well it’s time to tell you all about the west coast and the fun and games that we had, the highs and the lows. So we felt the Nelson area and started to head across the island to the West coast with our first main stop being the Nelson lakes, which were 2 very large lakes set in regenerating beach forest and were high in the hills. The first lake we stayed at did look amazing but my god the sand flies, I had never seen so many ...

The South Island so far!! It is about time I put fingers to keyboard, after a shamefully long absence from writing the blog!! It was in my thoughts many times, but there was always so much fun to be had doing other things! Anyway, here is my offering of our experience of the South Island so far.... Marlborough Sounds We actually took the ferry to the South Island on my birthday. We had not intended this to happen, as we had hoped to travel the day before in or...