Category Archives: South Island 2015

About 6 kms north of Greymouth is the start of the Point Elizabeth Track. Walked to the Point which used to have about 1000 men working in diggings looking for gold in 1865. Things have changed, no sign of any … Continue reading →

Left Lake Diamond and traveled further up the Paradise Road until I hit a ford that had a lot of large rocks in the middle and called it a day. Picked up a couple of Dutch hitch-hikers who had left … Continue reading →

More dusty corrugated gravel road past Lake Diamond, but well worth it. Right into the dreaded LOR territory. Not a lot to see at Paradise, except for a strange house. Picked up a Dutch couple who were hitching and carried … Continue reading →

The Ahuriri Valley is a little south of Omarama and goes inland into the Alps. Went for an hours bike ride when I got to the end of the normal road. Thought I would suffer from premature greywater evacuation if … Continue reading →

Drove from an early morning start at Marfell’s Beach down the Kaikoura Coast to Kaikoura. Never realized the coastline around Kaikoura was so spectacular until I went for a walk from South Bay around to Point Kean. Absolutely stunning when … Continue reading →

This post is about the real Wairau Bar, not the Wairau Diversion that I stayed at previously. There is an old Pilot house near the mouth which was built in 1886 amongst some really old gnarled gum trees. The whole … Continue reading →

Stayed at Ferry Rd Taupo on Saturday night. Next day drove to Vinegar Hill which is where this video starts. As is my won’t, I decided to keep on trucking and got to Wellington that same evening. Called into the … Continue reading →