A very nice early morning walk through multiple sheep paddocks with many many baby sheep at this time of the year. Next stop on the…

What to do on a rainy day? Check for museums! (As museums are usually really worth visiting in NZ.) We didn’t arrive with high expectations on that…

The Whanganui inlet is the northernmost large inlet on the west coast of the south island. A beautiful landscape but only to be accessed via…

If you turn right at the Whanganui inlet, the gravel road ends at the Kaituna lakes. A picturesque secluded spot of native forest in the…

Just driving around randomly to explore the area around Collingwood. After some kilometers of gravel road we ended up at the east-entry of the Heaphy…

Farewell Spit is a narrow 26 km long sand spit at the northern end of Golden Bay. The first few kilometers can be publicly accessed.…

We have booked a Farewell Spit bus tour for the afternoon, so we used the waiting time to explore the tiny town of Collingwood. It mainly consists…

If you know about my relationship with any sorts of animals that are bigger than me, this might surprise you even more than it surprised me.…

The northernmost part of the South Island. Just between Wharariki beach and Farewell Spit. An Impressive view – and a bit dangerous cliffs.

Pronounced as “Fa-ra-ri-ki”. One of the most beautiful spots of New Zealand in my opinion. A gravel road ends at a camp ground where just…