Due to the cold weather, we didn’t stay long on The bottom of South island. After Dunedin we legged it back to Kaikoura. Not many pics on this leg.

Skipping Queenstown (other than to buy pies), we headed to beautiful Glenorchy.

Wow. Stunning. Wow.

We picked up some cool hitchhikers and drove to beautiful Wanaka. The highlight was hiking Roy’s peak, a tough up and down but worth it.

We headed to the Franz Joesef and Fox glaciers.

We nipped past Christchurch to visit Akaroa, a surprisingly little French NZ town. After a quick jet boot jaunt, we pootled on through the beautiful Arthur’s pass to get to the West coast.

We loved it in Kaikoura, the way the mountains meet the sea. Had a lot of fun surfing with the excellent “Boardsilly” and fantastic host, Tony, at the mini backpackers.

Arriving on the South Island, we had a few nice days in Picton, before heading to Blenheim for wine tasting!