The weather is pants, drizzle rain and cold. Research tells us we have a small window of clear weather 10am - 11am. Noted, so we are parked and start our walk to the glacier at 9:30am , it is a 1hour 30minutes round trip. En route the drizzle continues but as we reach the face ( well 250 metres away from it) the cloud lifts and we observe the wonder in front of us, grab some photos and wander back. By the time we reach the van we are dry as the weather stayed fa...

Once again the sun is shining and we awake ( note: we are and have been sleeping approx 12 hours straight, non alcohol fuelled, very satisfying) 1st stop the Punakiki blow holes, these are layers of rock that have formed/ appeared on the coastline the appear as a stack of pancakes, layered top of each other. They are a geological phenomenon and no one is quite sure how they came to be, at high tide they appear to blow the sea up, like a whale through the holes i...

It looks like today we have a small window of good weather and we head on to complete our 'must do' regardless. We drive the coastal road to the start of the national park track. This journey allowed us to stop at lovely coastal bay towns and we continued to randomly stop and explore finding delights such as 'split Apple rock' (see pics). Bags on, coats and lunch packed we embark on our true days walking.......1 1/2 hours later we are back at the van, we walked a...

We awake to a miserable day and start our early morning adventure. We unhook and head towards the ferry dock 10 minutes away. They say that this is one of the most beautiful ferry crossings in the world and we do not doubt it but today once again we lucked out and the rain stopped us seeing the real beauty. It was very much like a channel crossing except with fewer seats! Cruising through the sounds on a different day would of been a different experience! When we...

We obtained a chip on the windscreen yesterday, well we have several but one was quite a large one. Today someone came out to patch us up, giving us time to catch up with friends on FaceTime. Today's plan is tour of the House of Parliament and visit the Te Papa Museum. We hop on a bus once again and are into the house for the 1pm tour. Unbeknown to us, at this time once a week you can be invited into watch the ministers questions..... Wicked, silver clouds and al...