Again I was up early to watch the sunrise, this time from St Kilda beach (St Kilda NZ not Au!). It was a bright sunny day with no wind so I decided to drive over the hills back to the Otago Peninsula, stopping to admire the view of the sea on both sides. I stopped at a little cafe in Portobello for breakfast and then drove on to the peninsula. I didn't see any penguins this time, just an albatross circling above. The views were amazing, the ocean was so blue! And...

This morning I was up early to watch the sunrise over the lake. It had stopped raining & the sun was out so I then headed into the town to get coffee & toast. I had a quick look round in the daylight, then as the rain started I planned my route to Dunedin. There were a few options & would include pretty views - however I spent so long planning it all I then didn't actually have time to stop and admire any of them! (Plus while the drive to Dunedin was ...

The day had started off with a row with Andy about why I'd bought so much stuff if I knew I only had 15kg luggage limit to fly to queenstown (as I tried to offload some of my belongings into Andys case), however we needn't have worried as when I checked in, my case that had been 18kg at Heathrow, 21kg in Auckland (despite having taken some stuff out) was now only 13kg - 2kg underweight!! However the other excitement was that as I checked in I was asked to see a ...

Today I drove through the rain (Autumn is turning to winter today) back to Auckland. Tomorrow I'm heading over to Australia to Melbourne for the weekend to visit my besties Pam & Kul who moved out here 4/5 years ago - yea! My flight is at 6am so am in a motel by Auckland airport for the night. located between the car hire drop off office & the motel is the Villa Maria Winery....New Zealand's most awarded winery! After a walk round the vineyards I got to...

It was foggy this morning when we woke up so Andy returned not long after he had left as he was unable to fly. We watched a film & then he went back to the airport around lunchtime....I closed my eyes for a moment & next thing Andy was back and it was nearly 4pm!! So I've not a lot to report from today, had a lazy day chilling but isn't that what holidays are about?!