The usual map! Day 40 – Milford Sound The south of the South Island is all about scenery: Mountains are covered in lush forest and snuggle up to the one another like sleeping giants. Between them plunge undisturbed fiords that harbour treasure-troves of sea life. … Read More →
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Wanaka Region and Queenstown Region
The map for this entry! Day 37 – Wanaka Region to Queenstown How difficult can it be to select a range of photos?! That’s the question that just popped into my mind when trying to choose the first few photos from the Wanaka Region to … Read More →
The South Westland: The Glacier Country and Haast Region
This section’s map… Day 32 – Greymouth to Franz Josef Glacier As we were heading further south it was time to leave the coastal parts of the Tasman Sea and to get nearer to the Southern Alps (Ka Tiritiri o te Moana). Rain dominated the … Read More →
The North Westland
The map! Day 30 – Tasman Bay to Westport There’s not too much to say about this day. After some time on the internet in Motueka it was time to leave the sunny north of the South Island. Driving half the day on State Highway … Read More →
Golden Bay and Abel Tasman National Park
The map! Day 27 – Golden Bay Right after a town called Motueka further up the coast, Bettina and I got to see some abandoned and also real hop gardens. Sweet. Who could have thought of that. Due to the plan for the upcoming days … Read More →
Crossing Cook Strait, Marlborough Region and Nelson Region
Day 25 – Crossing Cook Strait and the Marlbourough Region The map! We did it. After almost 4 weeks on the North Island of NZ, we crossed the Cook Strait from Wellington on the North Island to Picton on the South… 3 hours after departing, … Read More →
Wellington and Wellington Region
Day 22 – Kapiti Coast and Hutt Valley The map! We started early and hit the Highway south driving along popular Kapiti Coast on the west coast, a summer playground of the city of Wellington. Two kilometres south of Otaki, we followed scenic Otaki Gorge … Read More →
The Central Plateau and Middle East Coast
Click here to see the road map of this part of the trip! Day 18 – Wanganui to Mt Ruapehu There’s not really much to say about Wanganui, a nice historic town on the banks of the wide Whanganui River. Right after we left the … Read More →
The Central Southland, Stewart Island and The Catlins
The map for this post! Day 42 – Fiordland to Central Southland 23 November was the day we left the Fiordland. From Te Anau we headed south to Manapouri. Apparently the weather itself wasn’t sure whether rain or sunshine or both should be appropriate. At … Read More →