23rd August South Island Trip I am now on my way to Queenstown, which is in the South Island. We are driving to Wellington first then get the ferry to Picton. Any that has done this crossing will know how beautiful this is. Once we have crossed the Cook Strait we travel though (I think it’s the Tory Channel) then on into The Queen Charlotte Sounds. Its very much like being in the fiords in Norway. We arrived in Kaikoura after dark so we had no idea what th...

16 th Aug Rainnig today so I have decided to do a blog. Sorry for lack of blogs but I have been chilling out a lot. Where do I start. Well Alex arrives in Auckland today, but I wont catch up with him untill Tuesday night looking forward to that. Its a shame that my other son Andrew could not be here as well. Never mind had a good talk to him this morning. Thank goodness for cheap phone calls and the internet. Now where have I been and what have I been up to. ...

mon 6th July School holidays in NZ. The kids have 2 weeks off. The 1st week we all went to Auckland, stopping at Cambridge on the way there and back to visit Adam ,John and Lissa friend.Lovely town very English, lots of trees and parks, with a cricket pitch in the middle of the town. We stayed outside Auckland at a place called Bucklands Beach, from here we could get the ferry into the center of Auckland. The motel was right on the side of the bay where you cou...

16th June At last I have made it to Havelock. After six and a half hours in Auckland Airport I finally board my flight for Napier. By the time I arrive its dark. I had no difficulty spotting my welcome party. Morgan and Ryan had spent all day making a huge sign saying we love you Aunty Pam. It was great to be here and all be together again. I have been crook (kiwi for sick) for my first 2 weeks in NZ. After convincing the medical profession I had not got swin f...

15th June Once again I am on the move. My 5 weeks in OZ has flown by. I have been to so many places and met some real nice people. Melbourne is a lovely city with a mixture of old and new buildings, wide streets and lots of coffee shops. One of the highlights was our drive along The Great Ocean Road . We did this over two days. The first day we took the inland road to Port Fairy. We stayed overnight in a little cottage. As we arrived the heavens opened and the ...