Dynamite needs a new cam belt and a new water pump… This really is getting expensive, on the other hand Heather and Toby did pick it up for a complete bargain, so maybe now that we have virtually reconstructed it, it will be worth a whole lot more when we sell it. We are forced toContinue reading “New Zealand 7 – The Glorious South”
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New Zealand 6 – The Wild West
We arrive in Pukekara, and stop when we see a cabin and rooms to rent sign. We stay the next 2 days in this unusual place. The cabin is huge, in fact it’s a house, larger than any cabin we’ve stayed in and dates back to the 1800s (that’s old here). There’s more room hereContinue reading “New Zealand 6 – The Wild West”
Waterfalls that go up and ice that flows down
Our NZ South Island road trip continues as we drive south from Wanaka to Queenstown and on to Te Anau, where we stay for a few days in a backpackers hostel. As a family, we are the oldest and youngest in the place as the vast majority are 20-something backpackers. It’s a fun atmosphere, withContinue reading “Waterfalls that go up and ice that flows down”
NZ – Fox Glacier
When we went to the glacier me and dad went to see what was in between the mountain and we saw a huge river of ice. It was very amazing. It was awesome. When the girls woke we went up the mountain to get a better look. They thought it was the best thing inContinue reading “NZ – Fox Glacier”
NZ – glow worms
We went to see the glow worms. We went on a big boat to go to the place where you see them. When we got there we had to go through a big dark tunnel with lots of sparky flashing lights. The lights were the glow worms. But they were like stars shining in theContinue reading “NZ – glow worms”
New Zealand 5 – From The Skies Above
We have the mountain to ourselves from Snow to Sea – Fox Glacier in the back ground. The view from our garden -Moeraki On a very wet rainy atmospheric in Milford Dound We stop at Te Anau for the rainiest wettest days we have had so far. What a shame, though when we get toContinue reading “New Zealand 5 – From The Skies Above”
The Dickinson / Gee road trip
We meet up with our good friends Toby & Heather Gee and their 3 children at Mount Maunganui on New Years Eve. It’s really great to catch up with friends from home again and our children once again have other children to play with. Heather’s cousin Biddy is also there with her partner Ant andContinue reading “The Dickinson / Gee road trip”
New Zealand – puzzles and rocks
We went to Wanaka and we were staying in Heather’s aunt’s house (her name was Joss) which had an awesome trampoline. One day we went rock climbing with Heather, Toby, Zebedee, Loma, Thalia, Biddy, Fox and Otis. Biddy put a harness on and clipped herself to Heather and climbed the rock until she got toContinue reading “New Zealand – puzzles and rocks”
NZ- I’ve got a hole in my foot
When we got to Wannaka, we stayed with a lady called Joss. There wasn’t enough room in the house so we had to sleep in a tent in the garden, which was pretty exciting except when you had to go to the toilet in the middle of the night which was a bit of aContinue reading “NZ- I’ve got a hole in my foot”
New Zealand 4- Meg Hut awaits us
The Meg Hut awaits us Loma We arrive in Wannaka at Heather’s aunt’s house. Hmmm, not sure this is good idea. Joss’ children are grown up, ours are small and noisy. Methinks there are too many of us, we will have to stay out of the house as much as possible. Jemima, Gabriel and ZebedeeContinue reading “New Zealand 4- Meg Hut awaits us”
Five Go Round The World 