Author: Jim Carter
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Nelson
Day 1 we explored the city. It’s a nicely laid out city centre, but surprisingly quiet for a city, but then the population is only 55,000 compared to 624,000 for Brighton. We climbed up along step hill to find the spot that signifies the central point of New Zealand. The views at the top were…
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Nelson (the journey there)
The drive from Greymouth to Nelson was absolutely spectacular. We thought the Great Ocean Road was brilliant in Australia, which it was, but this drive equalled it for sure. You must drive the west coast road on the South island if you come to New Zealand. Before doing that we stopped at Runanga Falls just…
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Franz Josef
Had an amazing drive here from Te Anau, stopping a number of times to admire more gorgeous scenery. We actually stopped in Wanaka for lunch and then had a one night stay in a little cabin on a campsite on the shore of Lake Wahea, which is nearby Wanaka. It was an absolutely gorgeous spot…
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Te Anau
We had a fantastic drive down to Te Anau, the first half of it was alongside lake Wakatipu, the third largest lake in NZ. The scenery is majestic, and the weather was perfect to show the lake of at its best. We also stopped at a major bungee jumping spot just outside of Queenstown, supposedly…
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Queenstown
Amazing to be in New Zealand and flying into Queenstown was quite spectacular. Our original flight was cancelled. so we ended up having to fly to Auckland first and then get a connecting flight down to Queenstown, all a bit stressful as we were supposed to be picking up our hire car today. We got…
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Kangaroo Island
We arrived at our next place Kangaroo Island on 2nd Feb. It’s about an hours drive to Cape Jervis from Adelaide and then a 45 minute ferry to the island. On the way we stopped at a place called Victor Harbour which is an attractive little town. Had a brunch and a little walk over…
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Warrnambool
Arrived in Warrnambool today, very pleasing on the eye and quite a big city spread out over quite a large area, but very affluent looking place with an amazing ocean coastline. Unfortunately the weather deteriorated by the time we got here. Sunny but a strong cool coastal wind the day we arrived and then cloudy…
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The Great Ocean Road
Drove from Lorne to Warrnambool today, and what a drive it was. Easily the most spectacular drive I’ve done in my life, an experience I would recommend to anyone that has the opportunity to travel to Australia. We stopped in Apollo Bay on the way, visited Erskine Falls, drove through some incredible forests in the…
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Lorne
We left Barwon Heads and headed for Lorne, via Torquay which is the official start of the Great Ocean Road, the iconic road trip in south eastern Australia. Had a lovely stop in Torquay, which is a great coastal city, and then stopped at the famous Bells Beach to watch the surfers, and various scenic…