This morning we left Nelson and drive 2hrs to Picton for a bit of a day trip on our way to Blenheim. The drive to Picton was basically two whole hours of bends and unfortunately I was the one driving! It wasn't too bad and I seriously think I've become a better driver since we got here. Picton was beautiful! It is the port town to catch the ferry to Wellington. It was so pretty and it was a nice warm day as well. We decided to buy some lunch supplies from the g...

Today we woke up at a decent hour, 9am, and stopped at Countdown (the NZ version of Woolworths) and bought some breakfast and lunch for the day. We then took a very unexpectedly long and windy drive over Takaka Hill to Takaka, Pohara Beach and Tata Beach. It was an almost two hour drive and I'm not entirely sure it was worth it. We bought a hot drink and then ate our cheese and bacon rolls at the beach. We then made the long journey back over Takaka Hill to t...

Today we woke up for our last bnb breakfast in Hanmer. I had a fruit crepe today which was tasty but not as good as the French toast. We enjoyed a nice chat with some other guests and the bnb owners whilst eating our meal. At around 9:30am we packed up the car, waved goodbye and followed the gps to Nelson where we arrived at around 2pm. We had fortunately booked this accom a few days back, thanks to Shannon's help, and we checked into The Honest Lawyer withou...

Today we awoke in our bnb and headed to the breakfast room for our breakfast. I had ordered French toast and it came with bacon and bananas which was a weird combo but tasted good. It was quite strange having someone cook you breakfast in their own home whilst you just sat around. I liked it though. After breakfast we went into town and went to the thermal pools. We had called up and booked a private pool for half an hour so we did that and then strolled around ...

We left Queenstown today and drove seven hours to Hanmer Springs. The drive took up most of the day and was fairly uneventful. When we arrived in Hanmer we had a s*** of a time trying to find accommodation. We didn't think the town would be so small and so packed so we didn't book ahead. When we first drove in every place we passed was marked with "no vacancy". We eventually made our way to an information centre where we managed to book the last room at a bed an...