The next day we awoke early and had a lovely jog along the beach front and freshened up using the deluxe shower in our campervan,(spult…splut…splurt…splurt!) then headed off towards Dunedin predicted timescale 4hours, stopping only at a gypsy fair to take glance. From here after quite a few hours of driving (9 hours) we stopped off at the miraculous Moeraki Boulders! They were a collection of perfectly rounded boulders on a sandy beach, some smooth skinned ...

Akaroa So… with our new and upgraded 6.6 meter campervan we hit the road and headed to Akaroa, after a tormenting drive up, down and around mountain tops we stopped at Akaroa town. It was a quiet little seaside town with a few unique French shops and restaurants set on the beach front (the French were amongst the First settlers). Of course we had to have a little look inside them and find out what Akaroa had to offer……..there were many unique and exclusi...

We arrived in New Zealand, the south Island at around 10:30pm, this was after a 4 hr flight to Auckland and another 1 & a half hr domestic flight down to Christchurch. When we stepped outside the airport we felt like we were back home……it was dark & the cold crisp air was cold….very cold!! We looked around & everyone was wearing big overcoats, wooly hats, gloves, and scarves, it felt exciting!! A new chapter laid ahead. We had bo...