Featherston, New Zealand

So the whole day was given over to joining a Lord of the Rings Tour to notionally go and visit the sets used in all three films. I only just managed to get there in time thanks the to gale that was blowing up the main drag making it hard to make any ...

So, here I am, 640kms from Auckland and about 80kms from Wellington. Stuck in Featherston...yeah...stuck... After leaving Waiouru I headed south through the little mentioned (in the guidebooks) region of Rangitikei. It's kind of sandwiched in between ...

It was again one of those crazy rides. Yesterday from Wellington to Featherston where we stayed last night. It's only about 1 1/2 hrs. from Wellington, but with hair pin turns & extroadinary views. ...

On the road from Napier we phoned to change our ferry crossing and decided to camp overnight in Featherston.  Our crossing was at 10.30am and this was close enough to Wellington to finish the drive in the morning. Then disaster ...