Though it felt a bit cold last night – there is fresh snow on the hills around us this morning! Crazy NZ weather! It had brightened up a bit though, so we decided to all head off above Wanaka and do some rock climbing. But not before a good breakfasts at camp. We chose an… Read more

We met up today with our old friend Rob, who was part of our Outdoor Education PGCE course back in North Wales at Bangor University. It’s been ten years since we’d last seen each other! As could be expected back when we were ‘studying’, Rob was still keen for some river based adventures!  We met… Read more

What happened?! We awoke to find ourselves in what seemed like a different place this morning. Last nights panorama had vanished, rain was pouring down and the van was rocking violently in our exposed position! Time to move on! As planned, we continued our journey to the town of Wanaka. The township of Wanaka is… Read more

The last drops from last night’s downpour were fading away when we woke and by the time we stepped outside, the clouds had begun to break up and lift. We were journeying to towards the town of Wanaka, some few hundred kilometres away to the south east. The journey took us past the famous glaciers… Read more

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