When I was driving around Canada I formulated this great idea for a similar road trip in New Zealand. So when I got back to NZ I pulled my sacked DX (the 3 door sports model) out of storage and set about getting a Warrant of Fitness. Now, getting a WOF is a game I normally enjoy, but this actually ended up taking a few weeks of solid bogging, and chewed up both my precious time and money. When I finally left Auckland and headed for Port Waikato the weather turned to custard, and was forecast to remain in such a state for a few weeks. So I blew though Port Waikato (not much to do there anyhow - sorry Diana) and thought I would hole up at Raglan for a few weeks before continuing on.
... read more