February 16 Domestic flights in New Zealand only require a 30-minute checkin. Arriving at the airport over an hour before takeoff, we found ourselves the…
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Northland
February 13 This morning we got up fairly early and drove to Totara North, to Campbell Road, where the Wairaku Track begins. Both Whangaroa…
Arrival Auckland, Heading North
You would think 3 trips to New Zealand would be enough to feel like you had seen it all. Nope. On those three trips, we…
Epilogue
If you were counting, we visited 7 wineries and 7 chocolate shops. We have our priorities. I can honestly say there are 6 of…
Arrival Christchurch – November 30
We so enjoyed our campervan trip to North Island in 2011, that we decided to do another campervan trip of the South Island in 2012.…
Kaikoura Peninsula – December 1
Dramatic Eastern Coastline! We hiked the Forest Walk near our campsite and looked for geocaches the next morning. There was a maze of trials just…
Sawcut Gorge – December 2
This was probably one of our best days of the trip. As we drove north, we checked out Ohau point which had a much more…
The Road to Marahau – December 3
Barbara had mentioned a portion of Queen Charlotte Track that was nearby, from Anakiwa to Davies Bay. Since we made the trek out to Cullen…
Abel Tasman NP – December 4
The Sea Kayak Company said they’d send their van to get us at reception at Old Mac’s at 8:45am. When we arrived at 8:30am, there…
Misadventures at Golden Bay – December 5
This was a day I wasn’t sure how much we would be able to do. The plan was to head over Takaka Hill and do…