The 3-hour drive from Nelson to Carters Beach today was quite wet, windy and twisty. And it apparently would not be NZ without some gorges and wekas. Gorges first, wekas to follow… And then there are the Weka’s… a flightless… Continue reading

So we are here in Nelson for two days, so spontaneously we decide to give sea kayaking a go – how hard could it be?? As it turns out not very hard, and it was a perfect weather day for… Continue reading

The wind calmed down (a bit) and the sun is out full force so we were able to take some photos around the Sennen House before our drive from Picton to Nelson. Before getting into all that, we were fortunate… Continue reading

Apparently no one can take a rental car on the ferry from the North Island to the South Island – which we were informed of this morning when we stopped in to pickup the car at the Wellington ferry terminal… Continue reading

We arrived in Wellington, the southern-most city on the north island of New Zealand. After a stressful travel day we really needed some down time so an afternoon nap was just perfect. As we headed out for dinner the streets… Continue reading

Friday was the pick of the week as far as weather goes…cloudless skies, warm and dry. Thursday was a bit overcast so we mailed a box of acquisitions and clothing that we did not need back to the US via… Continue reading

Where the wild things are in Sydney. Just a short 20 minute ferry ride from Circular Quay to the dock at Taronga Zoo. It’s the only zoo we have been to that is built into the side of a substantial… Continue reading

Our home base is a two-story townhouse on Woods Lane, a narrow tree and plant-lined passage with two-story residences, some of which date back to the 1850’s. The colonial architecture features a lot of rough-cut limestone block exterior walls and… Continue reading

So – the distance from Brisbane to Sydney is about 920 kilometers, which when shared between two half-days of driving seemed like a good choice, especially when the motorway appears on the map to be in close proximity to the… Continue reading

The flight from Cairns to Brisbane was calm and the on-flight snack was quite memorable… We say goodbye and thank you to our experience on the Great Barrier Reef. In Brisbane we pick up the rental car and rapidly adapt… Continue reading