Off to the East Cape
I had never been to Gisborne or the East Cape, and Andrew had only spent a very limited amount of time there. It was February, supposedly mid-summer and the area…
Whistlestop tour of the South
With a few days free before we had a function in Wellington on the 6th of February we decided to fly south and see Noel in Dunedin. Then we decided…
Ohakune and riding the Old Coach Road Jan 2015
With time on our hands we put the bikes on the back of the car, brushed off the tent and sleeping bags and headed north to Ohakune. We got to…
Northland Dec 2014
In mid-December we headed to the winterless north. The main reason was for a wedding at Matapouri (Tutakaka Coast) and that neither of us had spent much time in the…
Sophie and Hayley’s Civil Union
A key part of our trip to NZ was to attend Sophie and Hayley’s civil union celebration on Friday 9th March in the Wairarapa. Nine months earlier Sophie had phoned…
Hawkes Bay
The next morning it was back in the car and off to Hawkes Bay. Arriving in the area we noticed a lot of people being picked up by buses and…