Fiordland Revisited

It has only been 3 weeks since our last stint in Fiordland.  When mother nature provides us with a window of opportunity weatherwise, it is only fair we oblige and pay another visit to Cascade Creek in Fiordland National Park.  Previous Visits to Fiordland You could say that we are ‘frequent flyers’ when it comes […]

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Mavora Revisited

Mavora is certainly one of those places we’re happy to go back to.  Revisiting Mavora gives us a ‘reset’ and a chance to completely unplug from the world. Because we’ve ‘been there done that,’ on more than one occasion when camping out at Mavora, we treated this visit as an opportunity to hone the Art […]

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Fortrose

It’s such an unusual name – Fortrose.  There just has to be some history to it, surely! Where is Fortrose? After breaking camp at Waikouaiti Beach (see the previous blog) we had to head south to Invercargill for some ‘life admin’. We had a night to fill in first so decided to stop over at […]

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Waikouaiti

We had read quite a lot about Waikouaiti.  We decided to stay for a while and spend some time exploring the surrounding area. Before launching into our roadie adventures, firstly, a little about Waikouaiti. Where is Waikouaiti? Waikouaiti is a small settlement located in East Otago.  It is surprisingly close to Dunedin and is within […]

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Autumn in Arrowtown

Never seen it, never experienced it, never been there during – and that is………autumn in Arrowtown. Nothing screams autumn more than Arrowtown. “Anyone who thinks fallen leaves are dead has never watched them dancing on a windy day.”  When Scotty says “you gotta go see the colours in Arrowtown” then it was a no brainer […]

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