My second to last stop and my last pre-booked activity.   As I'm now nearly at the end of the trip, I was really counting on my weather cur…

After the morning cruise, I had just enough light left in the day to make the long drive to Mount Sunday, the location used by Peter Jackson to film …

This morning was bright, beautiful and sunny and a bit on the cold side.  My plan was to see Abel Tasman, but by now I had come to my senses.&nb…

Because I didn't spend the day hiking as planned (in fact I had actually planned two full days of hiking, but had to use one of them at the glaciers)…

The weather was still fine as I pulled into the Nelson Lakes Park, but it was already late and I'd have to hope the fine weather would hold out tomor…

Still on a high from the fantastic flight this morning, I cruised up the coast in the direction of Nelson Lakes, with a couple of quick stops on the …

Not to be too down by the disappointing penguin sighting at Dunedin or the cancellation of Milford Sound, I arrived at Fox Glacier eagerly …

 On the drive back, it started to snow these crazy golf-ball sized clumps of snow that came down so fast and hard that when I pulled over, almos…

How I wish I could write something like "the cruise was fantastic and Milford Sound was so beautiful."  Well I'm sure it is, but I'll have to co…

After driving south from the boulders, I pulled into Dunedin well after dark and crashed at the nearest motel.  I was utterly exhausted by …

I landed in Christchurch with a full agenda (as always) and a set amount of time to see as much of South Island as I could in 9 days.  So w…