Kiwis and Fairy Bread

Hello! After 4 days and 3 nights of DOC and Freedom Camping, from Akaroa to Mt Cook to Queenstown, we again have Wifi. It has been the best adventure yet! We have met more dear friends (Maia and Dan, Mawaba, Zina and Youseff, we’re talking about you!) And we’ve learned that blogging takes a lot of time! Mike must develop his photos and I need to write. Hope to have two updated posts tonight and a few more tomorrow. Cheers! Ellen and Mike Read more

28 December 2023 I keep thinking it is June. Soaking in the sunlight through the open doors of Miranda, I even said to Mike how much I loved this June weather. He reminded me that it is still December. But we certainly have caught, to quote some lyrics by Jonathan Richmond, That Summer Feeling. It was 8:30 when Mike and I woke up: the latest we have ever slept, perhaps. But considering we were star gazing until long past midnight it was not surprising. Mount Sefton was staring down on us in all its glory. The sun was bright. The… Read more