The sun doesn’t rise til after 8am down on the south island, so its rather easy to get up for sunrise photos, except that today there was nothing to photograph. The magnificent view of Mt Cook was replaced with white…
Aoraki
I departed Queenstown early in the hope to avoid the traffic, alas the traffic into and out of Queenstown in the morning is quite bad, only a single lane road in and out it seems! I was soon on the…
Atmospheric luging
The weather didn’t look great this morning. Freezing cold and low cloud everywhere. So I thought I’d go for a drive because it was too cold to do anything outside. I headed along the road that follows the shoreline of…
Kiwis and Keas
Well what a long noisy night that was. Until I realised I had earplugs in my toilet bag that was. My room is at the front of the building on the ground floor. Its right next to a communal shower/toilet…
I Haast to get petrol
I awoke to the sound of rain pouting down. I got up and departed before most of Franz Josef had risen and headed south. I planned to stop at Fox Glacier but I doubt I’d have been able to see…
Gorge-ous blue
It was a cold night in Greymouth and a grey sky greeted me when I woke up this morning. I was toasty warm all night though, but the dash to the car was indeed a wee bit chilly. After filling…
Go West
What an amazing day, travelling through some stunning scenery. Although, it was tough getting up this morning. The 2 hr time difference meant i set my alarm for 7:30am in NZ but that was 5:30am in Australia on a Sunday.…
The Long Way to Christchurch
When I saw this good price online for Business class to NZ I had to make a quick decision and book them. I thought a week in NZ would be great. Originally I was going to spend a week in…