Diary
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Prometheus
Whoop whoop Got tickets to go and see “Prometheus”at the IMAX in June. [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sftuxbvGwiU&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/tube] Continue reading
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Its Rained & Rained & Rained
Last year I blogged about how little rain we had in April. This year it has rained and rained, 116mm so far according to the local weather station compared to just under 4mm last year. Poor you Liz, hope the rains not ruining your hols! Continue reading
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Lewis is 5
Popped over to Swindon this weekend for Lewis’s fifth birthday party. Hatty had hired a hall and 17 of Lewis’s buddies turned up and went crazy! Lewis with dodgy face paint! I think he was a bit shy of having his photo taken with Sienna! Emma and Sienna have a bop Continue reading
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Hunger Games
During our stay at the laverys I noticed Evie was reading the book and it looked pretty good so I downloaded it, got addicted and read the trilogy in about two weeks. An adaptation of a book is often disappointing when it goes on the big screen but this one definitely isn’t the script has Continue reading
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Zero to twelve in three minutes
Frans Hofmeester filmed his daughter Lotte once a week for the past twelve years and produced this time lapse film. Continue reading
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Bellbird
I’m not really much of a “twitcher” but while we were in New Zealand it was fascinating to see all the different birds. I was particularly fond of the fantail. (I didn’t take these pics) A gorgeous little bird, very friendly which would fly around us as we walked. Another favourite was the Bellbird, whose Continue reading
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Puff puff!
Cycled to work this morning for the first time since returning from hols – I was rubbish! I blame my 20 a day cookie habit I developed! Continue reading
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Back to Work today 🙁
Been glad to have this last week off after arriving home from NZ. Fortunately we didn’t suffer to badly from jetleg so its been nice catch up with everyone and get some things done. Had the right proper holiday blues last Friday (I was right grumpy all day) I do miss NZ… Emma & I Continue reading
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Great to be home – not!
Its blooming freezing and pops crawling along the m25 to pick us up! Continue reading
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Homeward Bound
Well its all over now we are on our way home. What a superb holiday we’ve had. New Zealand is an amazing country. Incredibly beautiful, with a tremendous feeling of space and freedom. So pleased that we have been able to spend this time with Emma before she starts school later this year. And it Continue reading
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Wellington and beyond!
On Monday we decided to head up to Lake Taupo to get a good chunk of the journey through the North Island done in one day. It was a great drive up, even though Route 1 is the main road up through the island, it was nothing like the M1. A bit like driving through Continue reading
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Wellington
Had a nice day in Wellington on Sunday. Mooched around the city and caught the cable car up to the park and the Botanical gardens. Had an amazing lunch at the café in the rose garden, I had lamb and Kumara pie with Salad and K stuffed herself silly with a picnic burger. The hills Continue reading
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Good Bye South Island
As we cruised out of the Marlborough Sounds early this morning we were treated to this wonderful sunrise, which lifted our spirits as, we were sad to be leaving the south island. We have had an amazing time there but I’m sure we will be back. Hello North Island AS you can see it was Continue reading
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Picton Mail Run
Today we went on the boat which does the mail run to the “Permanents” around the Marlborough Sounds. The weather was gorgeous and we thoroughly enjoyed it. We saw amazing scenery; dolphins,(it was so cool to watch them following the boat) seals and Emma got to help deliver the mail. It was also really interesting Continue reading
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Picton – Marlborough Sounds
Arrived in Picton Last night and today we started to explore the Marlborough Sounds. A beautiful area of bays, inlets and islands. Large parts are only accessible by boat so today we got a boat to Lochmara lodge which has access to the Queen Charlotte track animals to see, a superb café, and also kayaking Continue reading
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West Coast – Abel Tasman
Had an amazing drive up the West Cost and up to Abel Tasman. We stopped off at Pancake Rocks on the way. It was fascinating but it was low tide so we didn’t see the blowhole in action. We arrived in Mortueka on Friday night and having only had short stops for a few days Continue reading
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Franz Josef – Lake Lanthe
Emma woke at a about 6.30 this morning and wanted company so I got in her bed and together, through the little window above the cab where she’s sleeping we watched the sunrise over the mountains and tonight we parked up at lake Lanthe And sat on a little wooden jetty we watched the sunset. Continue reading
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Haast – Franz Josef
Had a great day today the weather was really good, K & I shared the driving and we had a great time cruising along the West Coast. The scenery was just superb and we had some really nice stops at Lake Paringa, Bruce Bay and lake Matheson. Lake Paringa Bruce Bay Loopy Girl Losing playing Continue reading
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Haast Pass
Yesterday the weather was gorgeous and we have driven up to the West Coast over the Haast Pass. A fantastic drive through forest covered mountains with amazing views all the way. This was the view of lake Wanaka from our DOC campsite that we stayed at Sunday night. It was a really niCe pace and Continue reading
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Caples
Spotted this in Queenstown & thought of you – the perfect private number plate! Continue reading
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Haast Pass
Today the weather has been gorgeous and we have driven up to the West Coast over the Haast Pass. A fantastic drive through forest covered mountains with amazing views all the way. Continue reading
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Queenstown
Is awesome, much better than we thought it was going to be. There is loads and loads to do and it’s a really nice, very chilled town. You could easily spend a fortune doing everything it has to offer. We went on the Skyline Gondola and Emma and I went on the luge a couple Continue reading
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Otago Rail Trail
Stayed overnight in Alexandra and in the morning we hired some bikes and went for an 18km ride on the Otago Rail Trail from Alexandra to Clyde and back. The Rail trail goes all the way from Clyde down to Dunedin and looks really good. We really enjoyed it was a great ride from Clyde Continue reading
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Moeraki Boulders
It was freezing this morning we could see our breath in the camper van! But it was a blessing in disguise as the weather was absolutely gorgeous. We cruised down to the Moeraki Boulders, which were so amazing and so alien. K said wouldn’t it be weird if you came down one morning and they Continue reading
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Omaru
Came down to Omaru yesterday to see the penguins first we went to see the yellow eyed penguins a bit further up the coast. It was “flippin” freezing and we only saw one and a snoozing seal. So we headed down to see the blue penguins Which was really good, so cool to watch them Continue reading
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Next Adventure – update
Had a great first stop in Peel Forest. The campsite was great and we had a superb walk through the forest. The rainforest covers the mountain slopes and includes giant ferns and really impressive 1000yr old trees called Totara and Kahikatea. Emma loves her bed above the cab. After Peel Forest we headed up to Continue reading
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Next adventure
Picked up the camper yesterday and stayed at a lovely campsite in Peel forest. Had a really lovely walk in the forest this morning and now we are at Lake Tekapo which is amazing. Our wifi is very slow so hope to get more pics up tommorrow. Continue reading
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Whale Watching
We were due to go on Thursday but it was blowing a hoolie in the morning and no one was going out in that. We still had a good day though we did a long walk over the peninsula to see the seal colony. After the whales we went to see school of dusky dolphins Continue reading