Wellington We are really pleased to hear onboard the ferry that the forecast for Wellington is rain. Rain for the next 5 days!! After navigating our way out of the ferry terminal and towards Upper Hutt where our campsite is, we are a little overwhelmed by how populated the area is. This appears to be worlds apart from everywhere on the south island! After getting our bearings for the area, we decide to head into Wellington city centre the next day to explore. Fi...

5th Oct - Blenheim Following on from a recommendation from a lovely welsh couple we met weeks ago in Lake Tekapo we booked ourselves onto a “wine tour by bike” in the Marlborough region. What a great combination...wine tasting and cycling. After being collected by one of the owners, Nigel, from our campsite we soon arrive at the HQ and are kitted out with bicycles, helmets and bottles of water (we are told we should make sure we keep drinking the water) Ni...

On the 30th Sept - we arrived in Wannaka and went in search of cinema paradiso - we had heard stories of sofas and cups of tea! This sounded like our sort of cinema....We got ourselves two tickets to watch Tarantinos new flick - "Inglourious Basterds"With a few hours to kill, we had a wander round the town centre and Andy was daring enough to get a haircut - not much can go wrong when you're just asking them to shave your head. A success, he looked like...

Sat 26th Sept - Te Anau – Gateway to Milfod Sound! On arriving in Te Anau, we were pleasantly surprised to find ourselves at a lovely campsite on the shore of Lake Te Anau – and the sun was shining! Such a beautiful day! First off, we booked ourselves onto a tour to Milford Sound. We would be picked up by coach the next morning at 8.30! Perfect. Our campsite is in a great location, on the lakefront (Te Anau Lake) and a 10 min walk from where the shops/re...

Mount Cook En route to the Mount Cook region we managed to stumble across the Mount Cook salmon farm. Set against the backdrop of the snow capped mountains, the gleaming blue water that comprises the farm was too tempting to resist, so we treated ourselves to a nice fresh salmon. Armed with this and advice from the gentleman in the shop about how best to tackle it (smother it with sweet chilli sauce, a squeeze of fresh lemon or orange juice, wrap in foil and bak...