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North Island: Part Three – The End!

More Beaches and Trees Otamure Bay Campsite The skies cleared up and we left Auckland for a pleasant drive through […]

We departed Napier, and headed into the woods. Te Urewera to be exact, a remote area that escaped the forestry

Just for Richard and Ross who are going in a few weeks! After our 3 1/2 hour ferry ride from

It was a pretty easy decision for us to go for a camper van rental when we were planning our

South Island Since I fell so far behind on our travel timeline, I’m going to do a little reset, and

We have many mixed feelings, but overall, we are ready to hit the road. Found a great place – Piha

Well, I think we found paradise. And we got to spend four nights there! I was unaware that golden sand

Got up early and hit the road at the crack of 10 to finish driving the pavement heading north. It

After Fjordlands, we were off to the west coast. As anything we do on this trip, it took us a

…but our schedule has been pretty full. After leaving the Aoraki/Mt Cook area… Wanaka Arrowtown Queenstown Fjordlands – Milford and