Arrived in Picton early evening, we used is as a stop to catch the 7am. ferry but it is a lovely wee place, should have made an effort to get here sooner.My main mission here is to say hello to Pat´s daughter but the shop she has is closed,other shops are closed too, one of the shop owners is getting married today so they were all at the wedding. There is a large Scottish influence here, we went to the Hairy Haggis pub/restuarant for our tea,we were there f...

This is the second long day drive we've done,we have spent longer on the South Island than we intended but it is so beautiful,we will have less than a week in the North Island but we will just have to come back and see it! Kaikoura´s background is Whaling,what a horrible industry,I believe Japan and Norway are the only two countries in the world that still indulge in this obscene industry. The campsite facilities are good but it is situated between the mai...

We had a great journey overland, Mount Cook was always in sight, the landscape is changing and the air is getting warmer.We stopped at Lake Tekapo to visit THE CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, what a beautiful church and whoever is in the pulpit has a view all the way up the lake,the other windows are stained glass,lovely. The campsite that night was very "country" set in trees and a wee burn running through it, the owner was an English chap, he had been o...

Had a quick visit here again on the way back down, the sun is still shining warm enough to have breakfast outside.They have some lovely shops here not to mention a very nice baker, it caters for the young snowboarding and skiing kids but is situated on a beautiful lake which has loads of other activities.The school holidays start next week so I've timed that one well, I could have been chanting "it's my day off".Dont know about South America though it m...

Here we are at Franz Joseph, it is as far north as we are going up the west coast as we want to see some places further south as we cross back over to the east,we'll just have to come back and see the bits we've missed. Well it is positively Glacial here, great skiing and snowboarding country, likely to get knocked down by either than a motor.We had a great journey up, never driven on roads like it in my life. I think Squid has as she was raring to go and I was ...