by Allen | Apr 2, 2024 | Updates
Road to Wanaka We were considering staying in Wanaka, but because of the Warbirds over Wanaka festival, we couldn’t find a campsite with space. Instead, we stopped on the way over at the Makarora campervan and caravan park, which has a petrol station and cafe at...
by Allen | Mar 30, 2024 | Updates
Franz Joseph There wasn’t much time to hang around. I’d booked a helicopter flight for the afternoon to take us up to the glaciers. The flight we booked was supposed to take us to Franz Josef Glacier, Fox Glacier, Tasman Glaciers, the Southern Alps and the...
by Allen | Mar 28, 2024 | Updates
Hokitika We drove our van into the Shining Star campsite late afternoon on the 27th of March. Apparently, we weren’t the first Riverside Drive Marina residents to check in here. Only a couple of weeks before, our sailing friend Jeanne Socrates also checked in at...
by Allen | Mar 27, 2024 | Updates
Greymouth We only went to Greymouth to meet Charmaine, one of our Riverside Drive friends who was staying in Greymouth for a while. But we are glad we saw the town too. It has a rugged charm – and some good OP shops from which you can grab a bargain. Hats off to...
by Allen | Mar 26, 2024 | Updates
Te Waikoropupū Springs – Pupu Springs This is a special place, both culturally and geologically. The water here is some of the clearest on the planet. And there is a lot of it. Underground springs here produce approximately 14,000 litres of water per second....
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