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Today, I've decided to treat myself to something special - I'm bringing a 38-year-old ex-Army Land Rover to Wanaka. The inland route takes me past Lake Tekapo (with its little...

The next day, I'm fed up; I clean up the barn and walk back through the bay to the parking lot. Unfortunately, a bit too late—the tide forces me to take a detour. At the car, the...

Desk instead of canoe, wood stove instead of bathing suit, that’s not how I planned it. It has been raining non-stop for 24 hours, I am sitting in the barn by the rabbit fire...

In the morning, I drive briefly over to Cape Farewell on the Tasman Sea. After a 15-minute walk, I reach the beach and can finally see the famous Windows motif in real life. Of...

This week good weather has been forecasted for the north (though it may change), so I will set off in the afternoon to drive at least 2 hours north. I’ll reach Gose Bay, a few...

The morning starts off rainy, and along the cloudy Lake Wakatipu, I pass Queenstown and Arrowtown before the Crown Range Road leads me over the pass toward Wanaka. A final look...

Today I am heading back to Queenstown, will stay along the Wakatipu shore, and drive to the northeastern area toward Glenorchy. There, I want to see filming locations from the...

Today, I finally want to go to Milford Sound, a fjord in the southwest of the island. 180 km to go, so I'm starting at 6:30 AM. The last 20 km we crawl in convoy behind very...

A quick breakfast, coffee for the drive, and off we go ... today I'm continuing on a wide loop towards the east and then south. Along Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea to Wanaka itself,...

Today we continue south. The first stop is the Franz Josef Glacier, from the now paid parking lot (5,- / 2.5 € per hour) it takes me 15 minutes to reach the viewing platform. The...

Today, I’m going to just go with the flow. A quick stop in Hokitika, one of the few towns on the West Coast right by the sea. The river of the same name carries heaps of...

The first round trip is on, I want to drive from Christchurch over Arthurs Pass to the West Coast, then south along the Tasman Sea, past the Alps back inland, over Queenstown to...

The next day is Christmas Day, and we are invited to Duncan's family. I am warmly welcomed, there's a glass of champagne for toasting, a large bright living room, a table for...

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