Our expedition around the West Coast and the surrounding area continued. See Our Top Picks for the West Coast – Part One. We found out fast that the West Coast offers more than what we thought and in between House Sitting the BnB, looking after Roxy (our foster fur baby) and caring for the property, […]
We’ve Found Ourselves on the West Coast After finishing our House Sitting Assignment in Martinborough in the Wairarapa, North Island, we found ourselves on the wild West Coast. We’ve had 3 epic weeks exploring ‘small town NZ’ around the top part of the South Island. See a list of our blogs and links at the […]
Westport Bound Once we had finished our stay in Karamea (see the previous blog) there was no other choice but to back-track the way we’d come. Westport was going to be our home for the next 3 nights as we had time to fill in before our house sitting assignment started in Barrytown, further down […]
It was farewell to Murchison (see the previous blog) and we were headed to Westport for a quick one-night stopover, before continuing through to Karamea. Now Murchison to Karamea is completely doable in one day, we’re ‘rushing it slowly’ so wanted to check out the NZMCA Park (#6479) in Westport, and have a look […]
You would be forgiven if you thought that Murchison was just a great place to stopover on your way from point A to B. What else is there to do in Murchison you may well ask? Where is Murchison? Murchison is located in the top half of the South Island in the Tasman Region. It […]
Pakawau – New Territory We were pretty excited to be heading to Pakawau, Farewell Spit, as this was going to be new territory for us. Neither of us had been to this part of NZ before and Pakawau seemed like a great base to explore the area. We set off from Pohara where we’d been […]
Kaiteriteri to Pohara It was time to leave the golden sands of Kaiteriteri (see the previous blog), and carry on with our journey around the top section of the South Island – heading to Pohara. Why We Chose Pohara It wasn’t a long drive from Kaiteriteri to Pohara, only approximately 60km. Between us and them […]
The Golden Sands of Kaiteriteri Kaiteriteri Beach is loved by both NZ’s and foreigners alike. We can understand why it has been ranked as No. 68 on a list of the world’s best 100 beaches by CNN. Kiwis also thought it was worth voting it in the Top 10 ‘most loved beaches’ in an AA […]
Our Stay in Picton After our night in Blenheim, at Rita’s CAP (see our blog South Island Bound), we headed back to Picton. It was only a short drive so we had plenty of time to get to our destination which was Whatamango Bay DOC Camping Ground. Whatamango Whatamango Bay is approximately 13km past Picton […]
The Lure of the South Island We’re bucking the trend and heading to the South Island as winter descends. It’s okay though, we will hang around the top half of the South Island. It is slightly warmer in those cold winter months than in Central Otago and we have some housesitting assignments in the top […]