We’ve had a very Tolkienesque day! We spent our last morning in Wellington at the Weta Studio Workshop having first driven round the very beautiful Miramar peninsular. The workshops are situated in a surprisingly suburban setting with nothing much but a couple of giant Trolls outside to announce their presence among the…
We've had a most successful day's sight-seeing in Wellington. We caught the 10 am bus from the camp site and got off in the centre walking straight to Te Papa, New Zealand's National Museum right on the water front. Of particular interest was the fabulous Maori artefacts. the carving of wood and stone is extraordinary…
We left the campsite and drove south through unremarkable countryside to the pleasant town of Whanganui which had nice shops and buildings. Our first stop was at the weird elevator built in 1917 which you reach by walking 200 metres down a tunnel into the middle of Drury's Hill. you press a button and after some clanking…
We had a good plan for today. A walk to Dawson Falls and the Wilkie Pools on Mount Taranaki after popping into Hollards Gardens and finishing up at Cape Egmont light house before returning to the same lovely campsite. BUT! We hadn't planned on stumbling across one of the finest gardens in New Zealand - totally deserted,…
While Cath has continued her treatment and tests, we’ve had to forgo our annual Iberian expedition. However, we’ve been out and about in our motorhome again in UK. Catherine’s tests are now every four weeks which has allowed us to venture out for more than just a couple of days. We’ve not long returned from 13 nights away,…
Getting ready to go home after being in my 'happy place' starts on our last night. I get that sickening feeling that I used to get as a child on a Sunday night when your mum calls you in from playing out and tells you that after tea it's bath and bed, school tomorrow. I'm like that on our last night in the 'van. Tea goes…
Well we got what we wanted - no one came! But we awoke to a thick fog and couldn't see a thing - Hubris, Hey? The drive along the remainder of the Forgotten World Highway was as a result very mystical but no less impressive as a result of the sheer engineering feat of its construction. The workmen were clearing away rock…
http://home-is-where-you-drag-it.blogspot.co.uk/ With Coupons on an even keel and @DerekTheWeather promising a half tidy weekend, we've decided to chance a few cheeky nights away to try out our new awning. We love Pembrey Country Park, and with it being only 10.5 miles from home and just 30 mins in the car we are regular…
Touring doesn’t get much better than today. After the torrential rain of the evening and night we awoke to sun shine and packed up moving the van just round the corner to do the 2 hour walk to the Taranaki Falls. I don’t know why they are called that as we are a long way from Mount Taranaki. It was a very “Scottish” walk…
Today we tackled the famous Tongariro Alpine Crossing. Famed as the best one day walk in New Zealand. We were incredibly lucky with the weather as the forecast had been a bit iffy, but we caught the 7 am bus from the camp site and after a thorough briefing from our driver set off from the start just as the sun cleared the…
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