My last morning in Dunedin, and I am sad to leave it, I have really enjoyed my time here. I decided to delay hitting the road for one last museum visit - a completely original Jacobean house called olverston house. I'm so glad I did, it was entralling. The family built the house at the turn of the century from money made by importing musical instruments and other things into new zealand. The Englishman owner married a lass from Melbourne and they had two children...

I have alot of ground to cover today, and the weather gods have obliged with a beautiful day of sunshine, blue skies and warmth. I had a lovely breakfast at my Dunedin home, and a good chat with Angela the obliging owner about the ins and outs of the B&B industry. First on a long agenda today - a visit to the beautiful Dunedin train station, famous for it's gothic architecture, stained glass windows featuring trains and tiled and mosaic interior made by roy...

A change of plans this morning.... I was taking the windy road through the catlins to see the cathedral caves and waterfalls and wildlife, but the weather has gotten worse, with roaring freezing winds and rain - not good hiking weather. I will take the state highway instead through farmland, and do the faster less scenic trip. As the trip progressed I'm glad I didn't do the catkins drive as it rained the entire way. I stopped at Gore and stretched my legs by h...

The start of the road trip..... The weather has turned, the intense heat has gone and dark clouds are swarming over queenstown. I had breakfast at joes garage, famed for it's coffees - justified - and breakfasts - I had a pile of garlic field mushrooms on ciabatta and could not finish half. I was checked out of my hotel and ready to hit the road at 10. The first part of the road trip goes past the remarkables mountain range, which would be stunning in winter wh...

I woke up to another glorious day which felt a bit ironic as I was watching the morning news and saw Brisbane was getting record rains and flooding. Today is the first of many roadtrips. I stopped at arrowtown for a light breakfast at the provisions cafe and had one of their famous sticky buns and coffee - rolled brioche with currants, almonds and caramel sauce! There is a great fruit stall just down the road and I got a traveller pack of fruit made up of peache...