We wake up early eager to explore Dunedin before hitting the road this morning. Dunedin is so beautiful with its historic buildings and churches. I enjoy watching the sun rise from my window, its first rays casting a magical spell on the church across the street. We shower again in the morning - the showers were just too good, eat breakfast & pack up car. The land lady was taking too long so we thought we'd go explore Dunedin on foot and come back to check ourselves out (in first). First Stop - Dunedin. Home of Speights (pride of the South) as Ang have been repeating throughout our journey. "Shabs we must have some Speights beers in the South Island - "Speights" pride of the South". So we head off the Speights Brewery. Then into the ... read more

We wake up in Te Anau and quickly have some breakfast and decide to head of to make the most of the day. We want to spend some exploring the town as we did none of that yesterday. Still feeling bit tired. Anshu wants to do some shopping for presents, I dont feel like spending any money buying presents for family that are in NZ. Anshu insists that they have not been to the South ISland and would love something. I quickly peruse through the shops and like nothing (didnt want to spend any money anyway =)). Leave Anshu to do her shopping while I walk along Lake Te Anau shoreline enjoying the beautiful scenery and taking pictures. Still hungry must have worked up a huge appetite and there is a small pie shop not too ... read more

Queenstown to Milford Sound - 307kms (expected driving time 5hrs without any stops). It was going to take us forever as there is a lot to see on that road. The aim is to get to Milford and book a cruise when we get there and hopefully they arent fully booked coz that would really suck big time. So we checked out of our hostel and set off at 8am towards Milford Sounds. First stop - just outside Queenstown to take in the splendid view of the Remarkable mountains, their tops covered in clouds. The are indeed quite remarkable hence the name and I suppose think must look more remarklable covered in snow. Second stop - Te Anau. Half way between Queenstown and Milford and our snack stop. There was nothing much to see between Queenstown ... read more

Was one of those beautiful summer days that were just made for having fun ~ and Muriwai is one of my favourite beaches to hang out and spend the day. Packed up the car with beach chairs, mats, umbrellas, swimming gear and picnic basket ~ oh and of the course the familio . Muriwai is mainly famous for its gannet colonies.... read more

Anshu and I are tired of doing chores on the wekend and the weather in Auckland has been so hot and beautiful....so we decided to go and find a beach that we have not been to and spend a few hours relaxing and soakin up some sunshine (with some slip slop and wrap of course=)) Longbay beach was like gorgeous and the water warm, perfect for swimming. Lovely day.... read more