Funny Coffee signs
Great Coffee Signs! Coffee sign in Whangarei, New Zealand We saw some great Coffee signs on our travels but nothing topped this one!
The Campervan Rental New Zealand Travel Experience
Is it your first time hiring a campervan or motorhome? It was for us in New Zealand and it was accomplished in a blaze of colour and smiles in our Jucy Cabana campervan (a Toyota Estima or similar) . If you are...
Mt John Observatory stargazing is an essential stop when you visit New Zealand
Earth and Sky – Mt John Observatory Stargazing Whether you are an experienced stargazer or a complete celestial novice the various tours offered by Earth and Sky will appeal to you. Located in the town of Lake Tekapo on...
New Zealand to Cyprus – There and Back Again – An Unexpected Journey
Air New Zealand livery An Unexpected Journey All tales have to end and so it came to pass that the hours and minutes had ticked down to zero and the 8 weeks were gone. We didn’t even cross the...
New Zealand – Oxford, Ohau, Kaikoura and a Race to Auckland
We left Richard and Laura’s (having experienced an earthquake and not realised it) and headed for Kaikoura, north of Christchurch. As forecast, the rain had set in and a steady fall accompanied us for most of the two and...
New Zealand – Lake Tekapo, The Hobbit, and the Journey to Oxford
Waking up in Lake Tekapo We always knew that, at some stage, the journey back to Auckland would tap us on the shoulder and say “it’s time.” Added to this, there was the extra burden of a day’s flight...
Mount Cook New Zealand, Lake Tekapo and the Mt John Observatory
The road to Mt Cook Sometimes when you reach the end of a day you wish that you could repeat it again, a sort of groundhog experience but with your own memory erased so that all the feelings are...
New Zealand – The A J Hackett Bungee at Gibbston and a Ride to Twizel
A J Hackett Bungee, Gibbston, Nr Queenstown Somewhere deep down in our consciousness there lies a need to be frightened either by sitting watching a horror movie or worse than that the news. Combine this fraction of our...
New Zealand – Milford Sound and the Arrowtown Pizza Experience
Milford Sound When we booked this unbelievable trip I could have very easily forward wound to this point. This was the event I was most looking forward to. When anyone mentions the words ‘Milford’ and ‘Sound’ consecutively there aren’t...