December 30, 7:55 am Sussex House B&B, Nelson, NZ We’re just packing up to leave Nelson but not, we hope, to leave the sunshine behind. We had lovely weather here for a hike yesterday and had a lovely hike to take advantage of it: between Tonga and Torrent Bay on the Abel Tasman Great Walk […]
Thursday, December 28, 9:20 pm Sussex House Bed & Breakfast, Nelson, NZ After three highly fattening days over Christmas in Queenstown, we now find ourselves at the top end of the Southern Island, almost ready for the crossing back over to the North Island. Much activity to cover over the last few days, of course! […]
Tuesday, December 26, 9:50 AM Pencarrow B&B, Queenstown, NZ So… full….. Must… type blog… before slumping into… food coma. The pressure! Must… loosen belt. We’ve had a very relaxing time at the luxurious Pencarrow B&B, whose hosts, Bill and Kari, have gone to extremes to make us feel welcome and well cared for during our […]
Sunday, December 24, 2006 Pencarrow B&B, Queenstown, NZ We’re in Queenstown! We had a nice morning drive from Te Anau, with interesting hills and mountains on all sides. On the way we had a lucky encounter with the Franklin Flyer, a lovingly maintained steam engine which runs a 12 mile track near Queenstown, and I […]
I should have mentioned in my previous post, below, that we saw both yellow-eyed penguins and royal albatross on the Otago Peninsula yesterday, before starting our scenic drive to the Catlins. Fantastic wildlife this country has. Lots of spectacular photos were taken… which I look forward to uploading when I get home!
Wash & Surf Laundromat/Internet Cafe Te Anau, Fiordland, NZ December 22, 2007, 5pm Greetings from Fiordland! We arrived this afternoon after a pleasant but overcast drive from the Catlins, where we had a short overnight stay. After checking in to our B&B, we got on a boat and headed out across the lake to visit […]
December 21, 2006 Larnach Castle Intermittent rain showers and, this morning, some hail! Perfect weather for dolphins and albatrosses. We’re off to pay them a visit before continuing on our way southwards. Looks like (fingers crossed) the weather should improve by Saturday, our day on Milford Sound.
December 20th, 6pm Larnach Castle, near Dunedin, New Zealand 10 degrees Centigrade & cloudy Well, at least it’s not raining any more. Our delightful spell of weather ended this morning with grey skies, which quickly turned to rain as we got out of the Banks Peninsula. We then spent most of the rest of the […]
Sunday, December 17th, 8:45pm Great Ponsonby B&B, Auckland We’ve had a great stay in Auckland, with a number of highlights. Yesterday we took a ferry out from the harbour to Waiheke Island, 45 minutes away. It’s a lovely tranquil place, dotted with wineries. We rented a car by the ferry terminal there and explored a […]
Friday, December 15th Great Ponsonby B&B, Auckland, New Zealand Kia ora! That’s hello from New Zealand. We’re winding down after a fairly busy day, which started far, far too early in the skies over the Pacific as our overnight flight descended into Auckland International. Yesterday was our last day in Hawaii, and we took our […]