round the world with my family
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After "sivun" weeks in New Zealand, we’ve landed in Western Australia for the next leg of our family gap-year. We are technically heading towards winter, but it doesn’t feel that way. The trees are green, rather than the reds and oranges that had started to appear in New Zealand. We've also gone up a few... Continue Reading →
Alongside exploring new places, taking a year away to travel with my family has given me a certain amount of "free" time. Not as much free time as I expected mind you, because it's incredible how much time you can use up doing nothing when you're not worrying about deadlines. In the gaps between taking... Continue Reading →
The first half of our New Zealand road-trip took us from Christchurch to Te Anau, including an amazing visit to see penguins on the Otago Peninsula. The weather has been very kind to us so far, despite the fact that we are heading into late Autumn and snow is visible on higher peaks. What's more,... Continue Reading →
Rather than skirting around the details, I intend to give you a full rundown of our twelve days in a campervan at the bottom of New Zealand. This may be useful if you’re ever thinking of planning a drive around the lower half of the South Island. Or tedious if you are not. The driving... Continue Reading →
The coast road from Nelson to Christchurch is currently closed, due to a combination of last year’s earthquake and this year’s recent cyclones. So instead of stopping off at Kaikoura, as originally planned, we diverted onto the Lewis Pass and headed for Hanmer Springs. The drive over Lewis Pass was stunning, with seemingly endless mountain... Continue Reading →
round the world with my family 