Windy and Wet Wellington When we arrived in the north island, we arrived in the capital of New Zealand, Wellington. Driving of the ferry we didn't have very far to go, basically 2 minutes round the corner was a waterfront motorhome park. We thought great, right next to the harbour and the city, all the other caravan parks for Wellington were well outside the city itself. Unfortunately this motorhome park wasn't the nicest looking... it was basically part o...

We left the Okiwi campsite around 8am, and enjoyed a lovely coastal drive north with the sun beaming. Heading towards the town of Blenheim, famous for its Marlborough wines. On the way Peter might have been caught speeding... will have to wait and see! In Blenheim town centre we visited the i-site before walking around town, not much going on as it was bank holiday monday. We would of loved to visit some vineyards cellar doors but our budget didn't allow it. So w...

Needing a shower to try and take the roughness away we got up at about 9am, which left us in a little bit of a hurry to get everything sorted in time for 10am (check out.) Just as we were about to set off a man knocked on our window and asked us if we had long left in our campervan and if we wanted any food, as him and his wife (Newly weds.. on their honeymoon) were dropping their campervan off that day and had loads of food left. And when he said loads.. he ...

Needing a shower to try and take the roughness away we got up at about 9am, which left us in a little bit of a hurry to get everything sorted in time for 10am (check out.) Just as we were about to set off a man knocked on our window and asked us if we had long left in our campervan and if we wanted any food, as him and his wife (Newly weds.. on their honeymoon) were dropping their campervan off that day and had loads of food left. And when he said loads.. he ...

Arthur's Pass After our freezing night at a D.O.C camp site just above Franz Josef we drove north to Greymouth, it was a fair drive and took most of the morning. Here we stocked up on essentials, doing a big shop and filling the fuel tank up. It was then time to drive inland through Arthur's Pass. This is a road which links the west and east coasts, Arthur's Pass being in a mountain range with an impressive road through the mountains. As we drove towards t...