It's been a little while since we signed in. We've been a bit in the boonies. We made our way down the east coast (cleverly keeping the car on the proper side for all the coastal roadside pullouts). Some hits and misses along the way. Both of our butts and backs are getting a little tired of the driving but we knew this was coming and we know there's an end to it so don't feel too sorry for us. The southern sea was really beautiful. We made extremely slow progres...

Well, this is what the seagulls in New Plymouth thought of me . With the wind that was howling by the port I'm impressed at their accuracy. I'm also slightly curious about their diet. If I was laughing that hard, I can't imagine what a good time they were having. Our drive from Wanganui was fairly uneventful. We usually look forward to a lunch/beer break in the early afternoon. Foxton Beach was the perfect location for a grilled cheese sandwich and a cool one, b...

We've packed on a lot of clicks and just arrived on the South Island. The sketchy weather, apparently a cyclone, chased us here so we've got sore bums from all of the driving. We went on a 20km hike yesterday that would normally have given us spectacular views of Mount Taranaki (a still active volcano) and the Tasman sea, but instead we just got quite wet, tired and achy. Nonetheless, it was great to get out and be in the wilderness. It is, however, somewhat diff...

Self-cleaning clothing I just wanted to update the rest of the world on a miraculous discovery I've made. As I'm sure you've seen; it appears that I'm wearing the same old clothes day after day. In fact I've found that if you wear a shirt for 2-3 days and it becomes...gamey, push on. Often by the 4th day the shirt will actually start smelling better. If not, it's time to rest that shirt for a day. Apparently clothing gets tired too, so leaving a shirt lying arou...

Finally uploaded some pictures!Well - we are getting used to driving on the wrong side of the road - one instance of facing an oncoming car teaches that lesson quite effectively. Jason has also figured out that turning on the windshield wipers as a turn signal is not sufficient. We've had some good "touristing" north of Auckland. Our micro camper turned out to be just that: micro in price and size. It has also already a name: The White Bullet and its ma...