Hokitika - Arthur's Pass Arthur's Pass - Christchurch (7 nights) We took our time from Hokitika to Arthur's Pass taking in the stunning Kiwi scenery. The trees and waterfalls were never ending and as we got higher up in the mountains the weather worsened. We had hoped to do some tramping but because the weather was horrendous we curled up in a YHA hostel cooking yummy bangers! The following morning, the weather was no better so we decided to admit defeat and ...

Dunedin Dunedin - Te Anau Te Anau Te Anau - Wanaka Wanaka Wanaka - Franz Josef Franz Josef - Hokitika We woke up early to start the Dunedin City Tour, our bus driver was very deaf friendly and we were pleased to find that we were the only ones booked on the tour! The tour took us to the Otago Peninsula, Baldwin St (the worlds steepest street) and the Dunedin's Botanic Gardens, to name a few. Dunedin is absolutely stunning as a city. It has a lot of histori...

Christchurch - Lake Tekapo Lake Tekapo - Aoraki Aoraki - Queenstown Queenstown Queenstown Queenstown Queenstown - Dunedin We arrived at Lake Tekapo in the darkness so we chilled out at our hostel and the next morning our first stop was the Church of the Good Shepherd which was absolutely stunning due to its location on the lake. We managed to interrupt an Asian honeymooner's photo shoot - oops! Nearby there was a Border Collie dog statue, as a tribute to s...

Friday the 13th, marked our return to Christchurch via the Spy Valley Winery which was on Nick's must visit list as he visited Spy Valley with the boys in 2005 and obviously a Chocolate Factory. On the long drive back to Christchurch we stopped by at the Ohau Waterfall where we saw lots of seal pups frolicking in the water. The seal pups visit the waterfall for some social time with other like minded seal pups (a bit like a youth club for seals) and only return...

Whangarei - Kahoe Kahoe Kahoe - Auckland Auckland Auckland - Waitomo Caves Waitomo Caves - National Park National Park - Picton Picton - Renwick Now for the second half of our adventure of the North Island of New Zealand, Another long waffly blog once again...Sorry! [Before we forget, We need to introduce our new mascot who travels with us, her name is Holly the Hammerhead for obvious reasons.] On leaving Whangarei for Kahoe, we stopped at the Whangarei...