I did lie in, until gone 8am. It was bliss and I really didn't want to get up!! Still, Pancake Rocks and the road south beckoned, besides, check out was at 10 and I wanted a nice long hot shower!! Still in lazy mode I drove the 300m to Pancake Rocks (it was all uphill and no proper path - that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it) and proceeded on in. Thankfully, they are free, one of the few things I've gone to see that are free here in NZ. I like it here alot, b...

Travel day today and of course, had a rubbish nights' sleep. The cave troll above me was up & active again for significant chunks of the night, so got up & got going at 6am and everything sorted and to the ferry okay with time to spare. (When I get back to the UK, I am going to spend a week simply staying in bed until after 9am, I am not going to get up until after that, to try and redress some of the balance of all these early starts. Absolutely no poin...