Blog 78 One step closer to the end of our NZ trip and our favourite town of the south island. To get to Omaru (2 hours) we had a few stop offs to get some fresh air. On walking onto one of the beaches shortly after sunrise it was clear to see the 'attraction' with the crowd of 40 people milling around. We made our way down to the throng to visit the Maoraki boulders being gently lapped by the sea. Nice and round if that's what you're into. Collected our obli...

Blog 77 Day two of the Catlin's and we venture further along the scenic but rather wet coastline. First half of today involved several more failed attempts at sealion and penguin spotting before finishing up in Dunedin for a bit of city tourism. Feeling out of touch with my inner craftiness now that the scarf is knitted up, I'm now on the hunt for a crochet hook (slightly more travel friendly than knitting needles). With lack of people to teach me I'm hoping...

Blog 76 The Catlin coast, described by lovely planet as rugged and windswept; well they weren't wrong. I woke up at the crack of dawn and not wanting to disturb Jo's slumber I donned walking boots over long Johns and down over pj top, slung the camera over my shoulder and headed across the beach to monkey island. Accessible at low tide I struck lucky. From here it was a photographers dream. The sun rising behind mountains, casting a hue of orange over te waewae...

Blog 75 After a long drive from Queenstown we treated ourselves to a power hook up in Te Anau. All booked in for Doubtful Sound the next day, we spent the evening preparing with: a trip to the local cinema to see a silent movie showing the Fjordland national park in all its beauty (Of which we'd get a glimpse of tomorrow... Eek!); Packing up our lunch boxes and continuing the battle of the campervan playing cards (Currently pretty even!) Doubtful Sound is just...

Blog 74 Waking up on the outskirts of Queenstown with excitement after planning that we were going paragliding that day! Sadly the weather wasn't so exciting and the low level clouds meant it would have been paragliding without a view so we opted for saving it for 'another day'. Feeling slightly jealous at seeing lots of people dressed up for skiing we didn't hang about and started the drive to Te Anau and getting booked in for going to Doubtful sound the next ...