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We had to be at the station by 2:30 p.m. for our seat allocation, which meant we had the morning free to do whatever we wished. So we chose to do the washing, visit the Botanical gardens and to go to the museum but did not time the museum very well as we missed theContinue reading “Day 8 Dunedin and Taieri Gorge Railway”

We’re somewhat spoiled for beautiful beaches at home so couldn’t really get enthused about this stony sandless beach near the Waitaki River mouth We could have driven straight down the highway to Dunedin but that would have been too easy, so instead we chose to go the longest possible way sticking to the coast wheneverContinue reading “Day 7 Oamaru to Dunedin via the long and winding road.”

Well, it was still wet and cold when we woke up this morning, though the hot showers and heater in the van were very much appreciated. As was the wise decision to get a powered site, which meant that we could run the heater. Apart from getting to Oamaru, we didn’t have any firm plansContinue reading “Day 6 – Twizel to Oamaru via Lake Aviemore”

The gods were not really on our side today as the weather was cold and wet and I was quite debilitated with this nasty cold. So no walking for Peter today. Also I slept quite poorly as the doona in the van was quite inadequate. We tried to buy a new one but without success.Continue reading “Day 5 – Fairlie to Twizel via Lake Tekapo and Mount Cook”

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!”