One Small Lap
Today we drove down to Melbourne to pick up the Van. We could have had it delivered to Belmont, but it was cheaper to pick it up from Melbourne and I felt the drive up the Hume would be a good way to refresh my towing skills, or lack thereof. 800k’s without the van on the way down and then the same again on the way back with the van on should get us use to everything.
Continue reading “Down the Hume”The guys at the office are calling the car Dumbo…. No idea why
Just over a month before D-Day.
We got the MUX a week ago
I’ve been looking at the rear seats and trying to decide if we keep them. To use the third row we would need to remove the cargo barrier, as this sits across the seats. While I probably would not have bought a cargo barrier, given the car came with one, it seemed silly not to use it.
Continue reading “Time to Mod the Car”Just over a month to go before D-Day. The journey begins
Continue reading “The Clock is Ticking”
Not wanting to cover the same road twice if possible, I find a road out via a place called Pigeon Bay. We make our way here, and start heading down this dirt road that should come out at via port Levy and Diamond harbour. That is until we come across a sign that says “No Motorhomes or Caravans”. I do push on another km or so, but given this is our last day, Justine convinces me to take the safe route so we backtrack and leave the Banks Peninsula via the main road we came in on…..
Continue reading “Day 18, Akaroa to home”
One final day before we leave.
An amazing sunrise this morning. If you only look out the front window, this place is amazing.
Continue reading “Day 17 – Timaru to Akaroa”
We’re kinda starting our way back towards Christchurch now.
Through Clyde and Alexandra, then we hit the east coast near Palmerston.
Continue reading “Day 16 – Clyde to Timaru”
A beautiful morning by the lake.
The two years couldn’t be more different on the snow front. We’re starting to realise probably how lucky we got last year. None of us are skier or the like so we don’t really want to go to one of these ski resorts and pay 100’s of dollars each for a daily lift pass just to have a bit of a play . We find a place called Snow Farm. We can drive all the way up there and they have these half day play session on a toboggan run. So we make our booking and start driving over there.
Continue reading “Day 15 – Glenorchy to Clyde”
A peaceful morning and the lake is super still and calm. Caitlin torments some ducks who think that the rocks she threw might be food.
Continue reading “Day 14 – Cromwell to Glenorchy”
We’re up with the sunrise. We left a polite distance of about 5 or 6mtrs between us and the other van, there’s plenty of room here. Overnight some bloody campers in a jucy van have stuffed themselves in-between us. Grrrr.
Continue reading “Day 13 – Lake Pukaki to Cromwell”