Every year I like to head over to New Zealand and do a campervan trip with Wilderness.co.nz around the South Island of New Zealand. Living in Australia we don’t see much snow or epic mountains. I find being amongst nature, snow and mountains grounds me and brings me a sense of peace. This year I […]
Category: New Zealand
Larissa’s Solo Adventure of South Island, New Zealand – Part 2
Following on from Part 1 of Larissa’s Solo adventure of South Island, New Zealand I left Wanaka to climb that pesky mountain that is called Roy’s Peak. I had seen photos from the top of this mountain and it looked pretty spectacular. I was slightly hesitant though because I had read blogs about how steep it […]
Larissa’s Solo adventure of South Island, New Zealand – Part 1
I was a little bit nervous for this adventure before I arrived in New Zealand. It was my first time overseas on my own and the first time driving a motor home all by myself. Dale from WildernessNZ picked me up from the airport and put my mind at ease straight away though. He reassured […]
Milford Sound New Zealand – why you need to go there!
When I did a tour of the South Island of New Zealand a while back everyone was telling me that I needed to see Milford Sound. As always I never believe what people say and I thought – yeah maybe! We were staying in Queenstown for a few days and we had some spare time […]
I think I died and went to Lake Tekapo
I had always heard rumours about Lake Tekapo and how the colour of the water is this amazing blue colour and I have seen pictures with pink and purple flowers around this aqua blue lake and thought to myself, I have to see that one day but actually witnessing this lake with my own eyes […]