Oh my word what a beautiful place,the roads up here are Alpine, we climbed and we dropped for hours,the waterfalls were amazing and then we came to the coast we stopped and dipped in the Tasmin Sea. We arrived in Te Anau in the afternoon another beautiful campsite,we stayed there for three nights right on the Lakeside. We took a trip up Milford Sound and went on the boat right up the Sound and out to the Tasmin Sea, the day was bright and sunny and the scenery j...

We had a good run down to Invercargill, plenty of stops on the way and tramps over cliffs and beaches to see the wildlife, the wee camper is going very well and gets plenty of looks and comments.We booked in at another very nice site and met up with a young Indonesian couple who we were to meet several times more on our journey. We had a lovely night with Una's Aunty Carol and Uncle George,their daughter Nicky and partner Neil came round to see us,Carol made us ...

We arrived here in one piece and in good time,had to get here it is the Edinburgh of the southern hemisphere,Dunedin is celtic for Edinburgh,the street names are all the same and in the same layout more or less,the only difference is it is surrounded by and built on hills,not hills as we know them,hills that have had a good dose of steroids.As we were trying to negotiate our way to the campsite we were up and down like a rollercoaster,at one point I came up over ...

Aaron McPhee was the young chap who introduced us to SQUID,we did all the paper work and checked the van out and he waved us off,I climbed in the front seat( great view from up here)foot on the clutch, no clutch!! it was automatic transmission jings,crivens and help ma boab!! or words to that effect. the depot was in the middle of Christchurch city so I was on a steep learning curve, I nailed my left foot to the floor, kept my left hand on the wheel,didn't shut ...