East Coast (Dunedin, Oamaru, Christchurch and Kaikoura) So we come to the last blog entry for New Zealand. The first stop is Dunedin. Dunedin was the first city in NZ and is based on an old Edinburgh blueprint. There are plenty of monuments around that look old and gothic enough to be from Scotland's capital, and it certainly gets cold enough in the winter. Other than that it isn't particularly similar. Highlights include The Octagon. Mainly awesome for it's n...

West Coast Road Trip Our story begins in Nelson. To be more precise, it starts in a quaint little place called 'Shortbread Cottage.' Thus named for the fresh baked shortbread handed out to guests each morning. We can now also claim to have seen a Ukelele Orchestra play 'Tide is High' in a yurt. For those that are interested, that was no. 216 on my bucket list. Before leaving Nelson we headed up to The Abel Tasman. Although we had a mildly overcast day, it was ...

Hi all, Apologies for the delay in this follow-up blog. On the plus side, it shouldn't be long til the South Island instalment. As the sun shone down on Wellington quayside, conditions were perfect for ice cream. Now, I've already talked about the gelato I bought so let's skip straight to the part where I'm scoffing pistachio ice cream. I'd barely had a lick before a guy comes up and says "Hi, I'm Graham, the owner of Gelissimo. I hear you're writing a blog ...

Greeting all, its been a while. Though we are currently in Franz Josef (quite a way down the West Coast) it is time for the much anticipated, and delayed, Marlborough Wine Blog. (So important, it requires capital letters. Oh yes.) Mike and I booked ourselves onto the imaginatively titled 'Marlborough Wine Tours' for a 3 hour tour - we chose them for 2 reasons. 1 - they were the cheapest; 2 - they would pick us up from where we were WWOOFing. Turned out they wer...

If you read my blog about ice cream, you may be worried that I haven't done anything in Wellington other than gorge myself on gelato. Rest assured, Louisa managed to pry my face off the counter long enough for us to visit three art galleries, two WWOOFs and a Rugby match. I should probably keep this down to the edited highlights, as we have done rather a lot. So check the list below and let us know if you want more details about: 1) We milked a goat! 2) We v...