Blogs from Motueka, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 2

Here I am again, This day was not a biggie. So I'll combine it with yesterday's. We drove about 250 km (150 mi) that took quite a long time. Not as attractive as I had hoped but I did get a few pictures. Today we went the the other direction. it was steep and curves. Up an down. I cannot pronounce the place we went nor can I spell it. W___________pupu Springs. No, it's not what you think! It is claimed to be the purist spring in the Southern Hemisphere. Pushing up 257,000,000 gal. In a 24 hour period. Quite remarkable. We have moved to amother house for the next 3 nights. (Long story) Very nice, I will send pictures. Is Christmas really coming? Well, merry Christmas , We will be in Wanaka, NZ over the ... read more

Deze dag was een ganse dag regen. De wolken spetterden open en we kwamen onnozel door de godganse dag in de auto te moeten doorbrengen. Tegen de avond toe gingen we richting Motueka. Dit zou via ons boekje een alternatief dorp moeten zijn. Van dit alternatief dorp hebben we nog niet veel gezien. Een MC donalds, een Burger King, tientallen take aways, (afhaalmaaltijden en fastfood),... Wel een speciale cinema gezien en een café dat 'Hot Mama's' heette. Deze gaan we wel nog es bezoeken! Ook het zoeken naar een slaapplaats verliep niet vlot. We stonden eerst op een camping maar de plekken waren drassig en modderig. Ook stonden onze wielen onder water, zo hard was het aan het regenen. We besloten naar een iets duurdere camping te rijden en toen ik ons geld ging gaan terugvragen ... read more

My Italian cousin has sent a book by post on the Eastern Veneto region where we'll be staying with his family. It is in English and shows 3 routes that can be taken covering the towns north of the Venice Lagoons to the coast. The book is called "Lands of Eastern Veneto. Tourism and cultural guide" by Laura Pavan. ... read more

Bosat paa Rosen vej nr. 185 De foerste timer efter at vi er ankommet til sydoen er vi paa farten. Langs kysten koerer vi mod Nelson, hvor vores naeste vaert venter. Flot sceneri og en is i Nelson by, og saa videre ud paa landevejen. Fruen og herren i huset er et middelaldrende engelsk par, der i foerste omgang inviterer os ned paa den lokale pub (den aeldste i New Zealand - fra 1850 - for at det ikke skal vaere lyv). Vaeldig hyggeligt. De er selforsynende, gemmer froe fra aaret foer og gaar meget ind for oekologi. Hvad der er overskud af spiser de, alt andet saelges paa loerdagsmarkedet. De har omkring 30 geder. Fra de mest nuttede kid til den mest stinkende buk. Vores morgentjans er at fodre gederne og malke de 17 af ... read more

Day 16 Thursday 5.45 wake up call and then off to the interisland ferry terminal – well that was the idea, but we thought we would be clever and got on to the motorway expecting there to be an exit – but there wasn’t. Plenty of signs for towns north but none for the ferry! Oh well – just as well we left early. The sea was going to be “moderate” but anyone who knows Deb and ferry crossings will know that that word provides no reassurance. Anyway it was calm. The ferry crosses the open sea of the Cook Strait before weaving through many narrow passages to get to Picton. We left Wellington, rounded the corner and then got blasted by gale force winds through the strait. The wind picked up spray and it felt ... read more