by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Apr 5, 2018 | Countries, Food and drink, Landscapes, New Zealand, Scenery
Cruising through Havelock North, just south of Napier in Hawke’s Bay, we got a really good feeling. Despite it being the middle of the day, with children in school and people at work, there was a great vibe and intimate feel to the township. We checked out the local... 
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Apr 5, 2018 | Landscapes, New Zealand, Scenery, Uncategorized
Having watched the weather forecasts, because a new cyclone was about to hit the north and east coasts of North Island, we debated whether to drive up the west or east coast. The east coast won, and so it was that we arrived in the little township of Porangahau to an... 
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Apr 5, 2018 | Landscapes, New Zealand, Scenery
Driving further round Tasman Bay, we pitched up our tent in Motueka (or ‘Mot’ as it’s known here) as a base to explore the Abel Tasman National Park. We noted how small this world is when we met the lovely David, who lives just down the road from us back home, in... 
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Apr 4, 2018 | Countries, Flora and Fauna, Landscapes, New Zealand, Scenery
Driving up the east coast, north from Kaikoura’s rocky peninsula (after our whale-watching extraordinaire experience), we realised how extensive the damage was from the late 2016 earthquake in that area. Witnessing the teams of workers rebuilding fallen or buried... 
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Apr 4, 2018 | Animals, Countries, Landscapes, New Zealand, Scenery, Uncategorized
With dreams to see whales, Kaikoura was on the list of places we had to visit! Recent cyclones almost put a stop to our journey there, because of severe damage to the surrounding roads that resulted in closures. Luckily for us, the main road reopened a few days before... 
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Mar 28, 2018 | Countries, Flora and Fauna, Landscapes, New Zealand, Scenery
An hour and half drive on the Haast Highway from Wanaka, on our journey to (hopefully see) Fox Glacier, we visited the easily accessible Thunder Creek Falls in Mt Aspiring National Park. A 10-minute walk led us to the waterfall’s viewing platform. After all the...
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