Waking up to the sound of cars and wagons zooming passed us as we slept next to the road. We decided it was time to move at about 8am, we had a couple of things to do like go shopping and find an ATM. After stocking up on chicken to last us the week we made our way out of Oamaru onto the coastal road towards Dunedin. There was a few places of interest for us to stop at before reaching Dunedin. The first one being the moeraki boulders, which were basically big...

With our bodies relaxed and tingling all over we set off for Mount Cook. On the way we stopped at Lake Pukaki for dinner where we met fellow Apollo owners from Newcastle. The views on the road towards Mount Cook were stunning, snow covered mountains with the lake beside. Before heading to the campsite we made our way to Tasman Glaciers. We set off walking at around 3pm, so it was only a short walk to the top of the lookout, about an hour. When reaching the top ...

The first thing to do was to stock our fridge and cupboards with food to last us the week. So we headed for countdown.. yes thats right countdown.. what a stupid name for a supermarket. An hour later and about $90 out of pocket it was time to hit the road. Not really having a plan of where we were going we drove about an hour to Rakaia and stopped at a caravan park there. This is where we got all of our maps, leaflets and guides out and started to really plan our...

After a really good flight over to Christchurch from Sydney we made our way through customs where Peter declared his Black pepper which was packed in his rucksack. Basically we had bought a new one in Australia and hadn't opened it. When we got through there was an information desk with loads of free leaflets and maps. Lucy went over picking up about 50 things whilst Peter went to the ATM. Finally leaving the airport we caught a shuttle bus to St Albans where w...