Kiwis and Fairy Bread

20 December 2023 So with good byes to the little kiddies at Momorangi, and wishes of bigger fish to be caught, we started our journey to Able Tasman National Park, a popular destination on the north west section of the island. Halfway there we stopped in the city of Nelson. We parked at a Countdown supermarket, picked up some groceries and asked a kind customer and cashier some of “Burning Questions “ (see the answers in a post later today). Then we headed downtown in search of a birthday coffee. What a cute shopping and dining area! We settled into… Read more

19 December 2023 It was time to say good bye to The North Island. It was so beautiful and we enjoyed it so very much, it was hard to imagine anything better. But from all our research, and even from talking to Kiwis themselves, the South Island is even MORE beautiful! But to get there we’d have to cross Cook Strait. There are no bridges or tunnels, so it must be crossed by plane or ferry. We chose the latter. And it is the part of the trip I had been looking forward to most. It did not disappoint. An… Read more