Hello everyone, We are now in a small town called Fairlie. But before here we had a quick stop in Timaru which was an old port shipping town. Had a walk around town and went to the park. It's a nice old town but we didn't stay for long as we're here for the scenery and not the towns. So we headed on down to Fairlie which is a beautiful village and had a gorgeous lunch outside on a balcony overlooking the village and more snow capped mountains of th...

Hello everybody, We are now in Ashburton and drove here via Akaroa. Akaroa is a lovely part and is like a little French town just below Christchurch on the peninsula. Lots of cute little shops and beautiful cottages. We were going to stay there but was too expensive for what you get. We had lunch just by the lake which was very nice overlooking the lake and the snow topped mountains. The drive down was good with lots of mountain roads which is great fun to dri...

Hello everyone, We are finaly in Christchurch. The drive down again was good and we're really enjoying this. It's a nice town but not a lot to do but we're here to sort out the hire of a campervan anyway. Well, now our plans have changed completely. We wanted a campervan to tour the rest of the South Island and we both knew what it would cost but have now, after talking to a couple of locals, become aware of all the hidden costs that they forget...

Hello everyone, We are now in Kaikoura and its really a nice small town. This is the place to see lots of seals and dolphins. But we'll stop here again on the way back up. We did a few seals though on the way through. We are staying in a lovely motel again and the owner even gave us a large Crayfish for dinner and wouldn't take any money for it. It was very nice. Again we're just stopping for a sleep over. The journey down was really nice and the s...

Hello everyone, We are now in Picton, the ferry terminal and town of the South Island. The ferry was lovely and very comfy. It was so funny watching this old couple who couldn't decide where to sit and took nearly 2 hours of the 3 hour trip to finally get comfy. Old people eh! So we have just picked up a car from the terminal for 3 days again. Its a slightly older car but bigger and more comfy, so why not! We aren't staying here and shall start the dri...