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...

We head off to Wellington, towards the Top 10 site for power and showers (although the camper one is surprisingly good). Oh dear on the way we happen to be passing an shopping outlet centre... By 11am brand new pair of trainers has been purchased and we were checking in. We grab the timetable and make our way outside to the bus stop. 30minutes later we are in Welliington town centre. We shop and explore the art galleries and we are already a bit in love with the...

Today was about breaking the back of the journey to Wellington, we had the inter islander ferry to catch in 3 days. Once again we embarked on a wonderful drive and ended up staying on a freedom camp near Woodville on the Manuka Gorge by the river bed. After driving along the gorge twice as I kept missing the entrance and the next turn off was 10km each way after the gorge... Duh! A little loop walk of 20 mins turned into an hour as we lost our way finding little ...