Dunedin woke us with cold but clear weather. Awesome sunrise! So lucky with sun and blue skies so far this trip.  We were picked up by our guide from a tour company I had booked, who handed us a packed lunch each and drove us to the old and unique Dunedin Railway Station. Here we boarded the 100 year old train taking us on a 4 hour trip to the Taieri Gorge. This trip is not to be missed.  We travelled through, over and under the most incredible terrain, ...

Up at sparrows this morning to go ...... Yep, fishing at the dam. It was windy and cold and had been raining most of the night, but was clearing.   Farewell to the Twizel house driveway that Lex and Carol so graciously lent us! We owe you guys!The dam proved incredibly windy and cold, but our intrepid fishermen were on the prowl. Gail and I sat in the van which, by now, was being buffeted relentlessly by huge winds. The whole van was rockin' and rolli...

At last! The day is here to pick up our Campervan in Christchurch. I have spent many hours, days and weeks over the past 6 months or more, planning, replanning and finalising this trip. And here it comes, head on.We left the motel early to get to hopefully get the van a little earlier. We had done all our grocery and provisions shopping the day before and our little hire car was bursting at the seams with luggage and all the shopping.We drove into the rental plac...

This morning we drove to Mt Cook for our flight to, and landing on, the great mountain. something that has been a dream for as long as I remember. It is an hours drive so left in plenty of time for our 10:30 lift off.From Twizel we drive north up the western side of Lake Pukaki on State Highway 80. My confirmation booking for the flight states the company is on SH80 and after confirming the previous night and this morning, that the flight was on, we were exc...

So, here we are! 3 months of travelling around a small part of this amazing country.   We didn't even come too close to killing one another really.   Arguments about map reading was inevitable – I turn maps around! 'nuff said!Would we do it again?    Damn right – where are we going Bill?However, nothing more too long this year.   We are off to Bali on our free holiday in August, for two weeks, we have to buy a new car at the end o...