We had a lovely peaceful night and awoke to the fantastic view we had of the lake. The weather was much better today with some splashes of blue amongst the cloud. We decided to stay here another night. After a late brekky we went for a walk along the edge of the lake. The sun was poking through some more now and it was lovely and warm. We followed the path alongside the lake with it's backdrop of mist clad mountains. There were lots of beautiful and colourful flo...

We woke up to rain lashing it down on the camper van's roof. The view outside was of big swathes of mist rolling down from the hills. The bad weather looked set in for the day. We decided to stay in Wanaka but not at this camp site. There were too many annoying people here and Jay's experience of the amenities block hadn't been good. Every time she went in there were always loads of stupid women battling to get a place in front of the mirror so they could slap an...

We awoke to see the mountain view looking all moody and gorgeous with the white fluffy clouds rolling across. It was a cold morning. After brekky we hit the road twisting our way south through some rainforest, lots of farm land and sometimes very close to the Tasman Sea. We stopped along the way at Ship Creek Beach. By now the sun was beating down and it was lovely and warm. The sand here was white and strewn with pebbles and a most beautiful collection of washed...