Day 3: Crossing the mountains
Day 3: Crossing the mountains Greymouth, New Zealand Greymouth, New Zealand Today was the first of our long drives, from Christchurch right across to the other side of the island to Greymouth. We had breakfast and then set off across the Canterbury plains on the Great Alpine Highway (Highway...
Day 2: Christchurch
Day 2: Christchurch Christchurch, New Zealand Christchurch, New Zealand Day 2 began where Day 1 left off – on a plane! We got into Christchurch just after midnight. From there it was a fairly simple matter of getting through Customs, explaining what all the “yes” boxes were that we’d...
On our way!
On our way! Melbourne, Australia Melbourne, Australia Last night was spent testing all my devices to make sure they all talk to each other. Of course an iPhone 6 doesn’t want to have anything to do with my 2009 MacBook Pro running an operating system that is three versions...
The day before we leave
The day before we leave New Norfolk, Australia New Norfolk, Australia This time tomorrow we will be getting off a plane in Melbourne and transferring to our flight to Christchurch. We only have a short layover in Melbourne to clear through security and customs (aka Border Force), who are...
Less than a week to go (not that I’m counting)
Less than a week to go (not that I’m counting) New Norfolk, Australia New Norfolk, Australia It’s a weird feeling, knowing that at this time last year I was somewhere over the South China Sea on the way to London (via the long walk to nowhere at Dubai airport)....
12 of 12 August 2015
Wednesday 12 August was a work day that wasn’t 100% normal. The forecast for Hobart was 4-15, with a chance of a late shower. 1 of 12 – It was cold when I got up. It’s the time of year when afternoon me hates morning me for rugging up...