I know I have not written in a while, but I am tired and lazy when I return home from work and all I want to do is have a couple of beers and go to bed. Perhaps this is not a good sign considering harvest hasn't started yet. Well, I shouldn't say harvest hasn't started because we have been processing grapes, we just haven't started the twelve ho...

Sorry, but the past month hasn't been too eventful. Though we have had a great time with our adopted New Zealand family/families. Most of it has been vineyard work. Made a few dollars, which we have to dump some of back into our van. We are looking to head out of NZ sooner that we thought, probably in two weeks or so. First to the west coast, th...

Up early in Nelson this morning.. Decided to drive back to Blenheim in search of outdoor work.. so drove along nicely - got in about 10 or 11 am. Stopped off thou at Havelock enroute to get some picts and have a stroll around the area - beautiful views down over Marlborough Sounds from where i was.. had been there before with Mike the lad i trav...

We left the Last Straw this morning, with deep regrets. It will certainly be hard to beat. We had such a nice stay and the weather was fantastic. But on we go hoping to find some new adventures. We have to take the train at Blenheim Station tomorrow, so we have decided to get there today and stay the night in a hotel rather than taking the bus t...

Blenheim 2nd May Picton - 3rd & 4th May I don't know why but the name Blenheim has always conjured up a very historic and conservative place in my minds eye. A far cry from what Blenheim, New Zealand is actually like. Granted that we'd not spent that long here but I was still pretty much convinced that I'd seen enough from having simply driven t...

When Ed was younger he arrived home one day and noticed a small hole in the floorboards. He of course stuck his finger in, as you do, and got it stuck. He was stuck there for hours unable to move, until someone came home and helped him get it out. But he had made the most of the situation...he read a few magazines which were within reach and nev...

A day spent cycling around the wineries on a TANDEM! in the baking sunshine, bliss Blenheim is the main town of the Marlborough wine region and is surrounded by loads and loads of wineries. A couple who we met on our Frazer Island trip had said that the best way to see the wineries was by bicycle so we looked into the price of hiring and decided...

23 Our day off. Took the boat to the Queen Charlotte Track for some hiking. Walked from Torea Bay to Mistletoe Bay and because there was some time left before the boat pick-up, around a small peninsula there as well. Got just a little drenched and sucked in some spectacular views on the way, climbing the back of the mountains/hills and overlooki...