Thanks For Coming Along!
We really enjoyed having you along with us for our trip to Australia and New Zealand. If you haven’t had the chance to get to both places definitely try to…
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Leaving Auckland
After just a week here we’re genuinely going to miss New Zealand. What a beautiful place! Do come here if you get the opportunity, you won’t be disappointed. One last…
Restaurant Summary
We didn’t have high hopes for restaurants when we began this trip but have been pleasantly surprised. We knew that in the small country towns we probably weren’t going to…
Lake Taupo to Auckland
This was our final driving leg and at the end of this post I’ll tell you how far we drove in total. We left the Hilton Lake Taupo in the…
Wellington to Lake Taupo
Now on the north island we drove north from Wellington in the morning along the Kapiti Coast. Unfortunately we didn’t have any time to spend in Wellington, but it looked…
Franz Josef Glacier to Wellington
We awoke early after our one night at the Franz Josef Oasis (aka Bates Motel with an art gallery) to insistent rain. It had started raining the night before and…
Blue Pools
In the Mt. Aspiring National Park is a special place where a glacier fed stream joins the larger creek and together they flow out to the Tasman Sea on the…
Queenstown to Franz Josef Glacier
Good thing this is a photo blog because the photos are going to let you have it today. So much intense beauty to be seen in one five hour drive.…
Dunedin to Queenstown
After yesterday’s sheeting Antarctic gales we awoke to this incredible view of Dunedin from our room at the Hotel St. Clair. The hotel is sited right on the Pacific and…