A hint of blue sky brightened my spirits when opening the curtain this morning. Despite having had the heater in low throughout the night and 2 wool blankets on my bed I had still woken up cold. Making the most if the kitchen I had eggs and beans with sausages for brekkie.I decided to try and see some penguins without paying anyone. I wasn't particularly hopeful but thought it was worth a shot. I had expected lots of walking opportunities on the peninsula, a ...

I awoke to more rain and locals trying to convince me that it is not normally like this... Thank goodness I've got some time in Aus coming up! I headed out to the Real Dog Company kennels to do a kennel tour and learn about the Alaskan Malamute dog. Nigel did a fab tour and answered all of my questions (Gary, we can get two of these!). I got to say hello to Maple, Clara, Scott, Shackleton, Soldier, Willow, Ruby and Amundsen amongst others. I headed north on a...

Uck! We might has well have been in Plymouth today. It rained all day. Proper wet rain, uck! Having packed up we left the car at the apartment and pottered into town for brunch. This is a most civilised activity, which I have come to love during this holiday! We are at Pier 19 and pottered through town in the rain. After filling up the car I dropped Gary off at the airport, had a coffee, said a very reluctant goodbye and headed off on my own into the rain. :(The ...

After a somewhat lazy start and a brekkie cooked by Jules we set out to drive along the Western arm of Lake Wakatipu to Glenorchy. The journey was made more interesting than it should be by the low level of petrol in the tank! We were faced by a bank of cloud which occasionally split to reveal tempting glimpses of the rugged snow capped mountainous landscape that lay awaiting us in Mount Aspiring NP. Glenorchy served well to refuel us with petrol, a flat white an...

Driving through NZ I have been surprised at how few sheep we've seen. For a land that is reknowned for having more sheep than members of the population and for someone who loves sheep, this has been somewhat disappointing! Today we have been to Walter Peak Farm to feed my desire to see sheepies! Lucky Gaz! We started our Sunday by visiting the world reknowned Ferg Burger establishment. Despite waiting 15mins for our food to be freshly cooked our timing was pe...