Day 88 - Fri 15 Jun - Mangaweka to Turangi We woke to a fine morning and the river level has dropped a lot. Yesterday we had several vehicles of locals down to check on the river including the local council ute. There was just a Juicy van in overnight with us. We got an early start (for us anyway). With no snow recently the roads were all clear and we arrived at Turangi by 11.30am. The Central Plateau mountains had a good snow cover on but the ski fields are...

Day 83 - Sun 10 Jun - Picton to Wellington Whoa! I forgot how much traffic goes past here - hardly got any sleep last night! We had a quiet morning then after lunch we headed down to Bluebridge Check-In. We were almost the first vehicle on board so had a great choice of seating. We had to wait for Interislander to leave port first - yesterday Bluebridge was in front…It was a calm crossing and we arrived in Wellington to a vista of city lights. Again we wer...