Author Archives: Peter Rodgers

Today began with an Uber ride to collect our campervan. However we had a major disappointment in finding out that because Keiran is on a provisional licence, he is not allowed to drive the van. Once we were mobile, it was time to buy provisions for our travels and fortunately there was a large shoppingContinue reading “Day 4 – Christchurch to Fairlie”

Today we hit the tourist trail starting with the hop on, hop off tram ride around the city: Then back in time to catch the bus which would take us accross town to the Gondola and the ride up the mountain: Once up the top there was a spectacular view to be enjoyed: Then anotherContinue reading “Day 3 – Christchurch – Tram, Library, Museum & Gondola”

As we had no food and hadn’t eaten since our in flight dinner, our first priority this morning was to find somewhere to eat breakfast, which was successfully managed after a long walk into the city centre, where we eventually found a cafe. Then it was time to find the right SIM card and phoneContinue reading “Day 2 – Christchurch”

Our journey began with a lift to Port Macquarie Airport to catch the 10:10 Qantas flight to Sydney, amazingly had not been cancelled (unlike our previous booked flight) and was even on time. But then a long, long wait for our 7:15 pm flight to Auckland, however we amused ourselves by wandering around the dutyContinue reading “Australia to New Zealand”

In this blog we’re going to document some of the experiences and adventures that we come accross on our travels around New Zealand. Where reception allows, we’ll try and updae this blog daily with aditional photos on http://www.facebook.com/ZigZaggingNZ ! Feel free to give our blog a follow and to shoot us any questions or recommendationsContinue reading “Welcome to our NZ Travel Blog!”