Up and out of camp today before too many murderous Sandflies attacked our two intrepid surf explorers! We had a slight run of bad luck to start us off. Less said the better really, but let’s just say that the brown water from the ‘drinking tap’ can be replaced, the sandfly bites will heal, but Read more

Sandflies were literally battering at the windows of the van this morning. With a low mist on the hills and a little light drizzle outside there was no rush to get up. Except to get out and away to the west coast! We drove a long and winding road through the damp forested mountains before Read more

We’ve said our goodbyes to Golden Bay and the hippy town of Takaka and headed east! Via some climbing and afternoon tea with the family of my Grandad’s war time buddy! But before all that we spent an hour in the town of Takaka. It was Saturday market this morning, which had a very ‘alternative Read more

What a fantastic day! Sea kayaking around the world famous (to sea kayakers anyway) Abel Tasman National Park coastline.  As you can see from the pics, there was a bit of cloud cover today. Although that wasn’t great for the photos, it did mean that it was a perfectly pleasant temperature for kayaking and we Read more

Hoorah! I’m back on par! And with the fantastic excuse to eat and drink as much as possible to build myself back up! Time to get back on the rock and start being awesome again!  We went straight out to the climbing area of Paynes Ford today. It’s not the biggest cliff in the world, Read more

Limited movements to report today. After a night best forgotten and a morning trip to the local doctors, we’ve (I’ve) been resting and recouperating at what’s turned out to be the lap of luxury. Clare did a fine job of sourcing us a place for the night (and most of the day as well!) in Read more