DAY 21 (2 June 2023) Today we woke up to our last day. We fly home this afternoon! There's feelings of disbelief and sadness that it's all over, but also gratitude and appreciation for all the amazing experiences we'd had over the past 3 weeks. We went to breakfast in the restaurant where we were| Write of the Middle -
DAY 20 (1 June 2023) For our final full day on the South Island of New Zealand we decided to do that day trip to Kaikoura we’d planned to do or we knew we'd kick ourselves later. Today's post covers that day trip from Hanmer Springs to Kaikoura and back again. We're very glad we| Write of the Middle -
DAY 19 (31 May 2023) Today is my 59th birthday - the last birthday of my 50's! It was planned that I be at Hanmer Springs for my birthday. I fell in love with the little Alpine Village when I was researching our road trip around the South Island of New Zealand. I wanted to| Write of the Middle -
DAY 18 (30 May 2023) Late yesterday afternoon we arrived at Hanmer Springs. We've just had our first night here. It's so nice to not have to rush off anywhere this morning and to have breakfast included with our accommodation. We’re staying about 7kms outside of town along a gravel track at beautiful Braemar Lodge| Write of the Middle -
We're coming into the final days of our NZ Trip. This post picks up with us leaving Lake Tekapo. Read on to see where we go next! DAY 17 (29 May 2023) Lots of time on the road today! We farewelled Lake Tekapo but not before dropping by to see The Church of the Good| Write of the Middle -
Time to get back to my New Zealand trip posts! There's still a few to cover yet and I'd really like to get them completed this year, so let's pick up at Day 16. We had arrived at Lake Tekapo from Dunedin the day before. Today's post is very photo heavy so grab a cuppa| Write of the Middle -
I'm continuing on with our road trip around the south island of New Zealand in May/June last year. It was a three week trip so too much to cover in one post, hence several posts and more to come yet! If you haven't seen the previous posts from the trip and you're interested, you can| Write of the Middle
Time to get back to posting about our NZ trip from May/June 2023. My last NZ Trip post was published on 15 November 2023. We'd had a day trip to Glenorchy and it was our last night in Queenstown. This post picks up the next morning on Day 11. DAY 11 (23 May) It was| Write of the Middle
I've had a bit of a break away from publishing NZ Trip posts but time to get back to it! DAY 10 (22 May) Today we took a day trip to Glenorchy, a small town at the northern end of Lake Wakatipu, around 45 kms from Queenstown. It's home for around 200 people. Glenorchy was| Write of the Middle
