Today is the 100th day of our great adventure (woooh !!), and it was going to be ALL about the weather... Our alarm went off at 5:45am, so that Katie could get herself organised to be ready for our 6:25am bus to the drop-off point for the Tongariro Crossing, one of the best known and best loved walks in New Zealand. I rolled over and went back t...

When we woke up, I saw a rabbit in the field next to the campervan. We then drove 60km to Wanganui and stopped by the river for breakfast. We saw a couple of birds floating down the river on a piece of wood. We then drove all the way to Whakapapa Ski field and checked that it was all due to open on the 24th. Camped at the Discovery Lodge which w...

On the way down to Wanganui we stopped at Te Kuiti where Theresa suddenly turned into a potential shepherd and a devout sheep shearing fan. It was an annual event a bit like the town fete with "the running of the sheep" literally thousands of sheep running down the main street of town, not as dangerous as the running of the bulls in spain but go...