From Hamner Springs we headed further north, along the very scenic coastal highway towards Blenheim, which is the “big city” of Marlborough region. Marlborough is globally famous (not just NZ world famous*) for its vineyards, specifically its Sauvignon Blanc. It is also nationally known for its aviation museum. But first we drove trough and had […]
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Hanmer Springs
From Christchurch we headed up to the resort town of Hanmer Springs, or “Hanma” as locals apparently call it. Home to naturally occurring hot mineral springs, a complex sprung up around them including quasi-natural pools, man-made pools of various temperatures to relax, a lap pool and 4 decent waterslides. Even midweek, it was quite busy! […]
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Christchurch
Due to continued icy roads (see prior post), we headed to Christchurch the longer way, partially backtracking. We had no problems in this direction and saw some more farm life and small town New Zealand. About an hour outside Christchurch things started getting much more developed and filled with plazas of stores, etc. Christchurch is […]
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Nate’s Review of Christchurch
Food The food in Christchurch is good. There is a good pizza place. Also there was a good Argentinian restaurant that had a great dish. The dish had an empenada and some sausage. Also in the city there was an ok Mexican restaurant that was slow but good. Also there was a restaurant that had […]
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Aoraki/Mt. Cook & around
From Dunedin we headed to our next base in Twizel (what a name!). Our voyage included a rainy stop in the small city of Oamaru, the self-described steampunk capital of NZ. It’s on the coast and most famous for its well preserved Victorian-era street. This is now filled with shops, some steampunk themed (including their […]
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