The Deep South
Once you’ve made the 6,000 kilometer trip to the deep south of the South Island there is little to hold you back from finding the most southern point on the […]
Category Archives: Adventure
Cruising Through the Catlins
From Dunedin we drove along the Southern Scenic Route until we reached Nugget Point, or Tokata (Maori for “rocks standing up out of water”). Nugget Point is famous for it’s […]
Dunedin Beer and Chocolate!
Dunedin is the second-largest city on the South Island, a university-city, and the first city we truly embraced the role of “tourists”. We rolled into Dunedin on an overcast day […]
Moeraki Fun
From Aoraki Village we drove east to the world-famous Moeraki (moe-racky) Boulders. These unique spheres of rock are advertised as the “oddest thing you’ll discover on a beach anywhere in […]
Two Months on the Road!
To celebrate two months on the road, we took a four-person helicopter flight over NZ’s glacier country. This included viewing the Franz Josef glacier, the Fox Glacier, and Mount Tasman […]
Aoraki The Great
Aoraki (ow-rah-kee) the Great, also known as Mount Cook, is NZ’s tallest peak standing at 3,754 meters (approx. 12,316 feet). Although Aoraki’s peak is visible for miles on any clear […]
Lake Tekapo’s Wonders
After Arthur’s Pass National Park, we made a stop at the famous Lake Tekapo (teeka-poe). This glacial lake has an aquamarine-blue color that is postcard perfect and therefore, is a […]
Arthur’s Pass
An hour west of Christchurch the unique outcrop of limestone boulders known as Castle Hill made for the perfect pit-stop on our way to Arthur’s Pass National Park. Castle Hill […]
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Christchurch
Christchurch, NZ’s third largest city has certainly seen better days. In late 2010 and early 2011 it was rattled by powerful earthquakes that left the city in a pile of […]
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