After a night in Dunedin I was on the road again, there were some places I really wanted to check out along the coast. The first place I stopped was at the Moeraki boulders. These are some spherical boulders formed millions of years ago under the sea which have now been revealed on the beach at Moeraki and are pretty cool to see. It was only a brief stop (they are what they are and after a few pics I felt I'd had all they had to offer). From here I headed north ...

I returned to Invercargil for a night after Stewart island where I didn't do very much, Invercargil is a city, but a small one and even though it was a Saturday night it was not the most happening place. Although in the city's defence I didn't go looking for a party and was pretty happy just to chill in the hostel! Two of the people I met on Stewart Island were driving back to Dunedin via the Catlins and very generously offered me a lift which a accepted. I had v...

En route to Stewart Island I spent a night in Queenstown - I spent most of this evening doing a little planning and ate a fergburger (I'm sure I mentioned this the last time I went to Queenstown). The next day I was on my way to Stewart Island. The ferry crossing across the Foveaux strait is notoriously rough but I was fortunate and it was extremely calm, almost like a lake. I got into Oban in the early afternoon - it's a very pleasant town - I guess a bit remin...

When I returned from my little holiday to the south island I only had 6 weeks left in Auckland, it was the run up to Christmas and I had a lot to squeeze in before I hit the road properly again! I was still working so would have to squeeze a lot into my weekends! So the last weekend in November I headed off to National park with Roisin, Fiona and her sister Laura who was over visiting from Ireland. Fiona drove us down, traffic was horrendous, taking 2 hours to g...

So I had planned on leaving New Zealand in November after the world cup ended but then decided I would stay on until Jan. When I was looking at leaving I booked myself onto the Milford track, One of New Zealand's great walks (there are 9, it is in fact the most popular) it is a 4 day/3 night hike From Te Anau to Milford Sound through some spectacular Mountain scenery. When I decided to stay I tried to change my booking - but apparently they aren't lying when the...