Te Anau to Queenstown. More beautiful driving. This region is the main area for deer farming. In addition to the sheep and cattle, are the Red Deer. This morning the sun hit the deer just right and you can really see how red they are. I've never seen this many deer in one group before. Hundreds to thousands at a time. It's pretty wild. They also farm North American Elk. There are some really big bulls. The racks on them are bigger than a VW Bug. The deer/elk are...

People have said or written, and it's something I try to remember & hopefully live by, that 'It's the journey not the destination that matters.'. Well - this time it was the destination. Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound in the Fiordlands of southwest New Zealand are worth being called a destination point. (not knocking the journey it was also just as memorable). Both are named sounds but in fact they are fjord's - shaped by glaciers. First day was Milford. A...

Our luck of sun - ran out. It has been nothing but rain and wind. A lot of it! This nasty weather makes for a dramatic drive along the Southern Scenic route. Sadly the weather also dictates what we can and can not see, and that means we can't see much. There are still green rolling farmlands loaded with sheep, cow and deer on one side of the road. The other is crashing waves along the coast. The night was again filled with howling winds, pelting rain and hail,...

The city of Dunedin is regarded as the best preserved Victorian and Edwardian heritage city in the southern hempishere. The Dunedin Railway Station is the most photographed building in NZ. On the morning after our arrival we were lucky enough to attend the farmer's market at the train station. Not only fresh produce, cheeses, meets, but local student brewed beer, espresso stands, live cooking demonstrations, live music, crepes and waffles. About 1/5 of Dunedin's ...

Oamaru - a step back in time. Some of the finest 19th Century steetscapes in NZ. A majority of the buildings are registered by the NZ Historic Places Trust for their historical and/or cultural heritage significance or value. Mainly built of local limestone (easily carved and moulded). This once booming port town was the service center for the farms and estates in the area - sheep, grain and wool. Today the town is filled with artists - painters, sculptors, musi...