kia ora from the south island the ferry crossing was pretty good, luckily it was a nice day and we could actually see some great views of the islands heading into picton harbour. from picton we took a scenic route to Nelson, the road was crazy with bends everywhere and a few steep slopes here and there. but i guess it was worth it, some of the views were amazing. we spent the night in nelson, but just stayed in the holiday park watching tv. the next day we set ...

kia ora from the south island the ferry crossing was pretty good, luckily it was a nice day and we could actually see some great views of the islands heading into picton harbour. from picton we took a scenic route to Nelson, the road was crazy with bends everywhere and a few steep slopes here and there. but i guess it was worth it, some of the views were amazing. we spent the night in nelson, but just stayed in the holiday park watching tv. the next day we set ...

Hi We left Taupo and headed south to Wellington via the Kapiti coast for a couple of days. During our stay in the Kapiti coast we went for a walk or two and took it easy, there really wasn't much to do there. The weather was lovely but the wind really picked up in the evenings. We then headed further south to the capital, Wellington. We parked the camper in a multistorey car park with a minimum height of 1.8 meters, not knowing the height of the camper w...

hello everyone! Kei te pehea koutou? we're now in Taupo! we drove in to Taupo on the busiest day of the year, the annual cycle around lake Taupo, which is something like 160Km (about 100 miles). the roads were full of cyclists and its was really busy. we actually felt pretty active and decided to take a "hike" up to Huka Falls, itsabout a 2 hour round trip and the walking path runs along the Waikato River.some of the views of the river and forestry ...

hey whanau and bros! thanks for all the messages on the message board, we're good and really enjoying thanks. we actually left Raglan and made it safely to Rotorua! passed back through Hamilton and a small town called Tirau on the way, other than that it was all mountainous and very green. first impression of Rotorua...man its smells soo bad but you kinda get used to it. because its one of eNZed's most dynamic thermal areas, you keep getting hit by a strong sm...