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...

Fox and Franz Josef glacier After leaving our freedom camp spot next to lake hawea, we had a long drive through the haast pass. As it had heavily rained most of the day before and all through the night, there were lots of waterfalls coming down from the snowy peaked mountains. We stopped at 2 falls on the way, these being the thunder falls and roaring billy falls. Thunder falls were quite impressive while roaring billy wasn't the most spectacular. Whilst w...