19th January 2012
From Queenstown we made our way to nearby Cromwell where we met up with Fiona. We first met Fiona last year on our last night in Buenos Aires where we were eating at the same restaurant. During our various travel tales we mentioned that we intended coming to New Zealand where Fiona now lives and that we planning to travel by motorhome. Fiona lives in the South Island but had a friend in Auckland who has a motorhome and, after emailing her, arranged to borrow her motorhome for our North Island adventure! We couldn’t pass by without visiting her and she kindly allowed us to park Kiwi Kezza in her drive and took us to a great restaurant called FEAST in Cromwell . Well done Josh & Co - great food. And thanks Fi for your help in planning this great trip........One day we'll get the Kiwis to talk proper English!
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| Fiona, Josh, Karen and Malc |
Leaving Cromwell we travelled along the Haast Pass towards the glaciers. We stopped at the Blue Pools on the way where you can see trout travelling up the river. Unfortunately you can’t fish in this area otherwise I am sure we would have been tempted! Lots of trout......
The next night was spent by a lake in a lovely conservation site again. It was REALLY windy so only a few brave souls camped out and just two motorhomes.
During our stay in Christchurch we had been told that Jackson Bay was a great place to visit. It's a crayfish and fishing port but absolutely nothing else there except some great conservation walks and a converted caravan that is now a restaurant - the Cray Pot. We had fantastic fish and chips and whitebait patties and then went back to buy some seafood chowder for tea just before they closed!
We walked through the fern forest to another beach and we were followed by some tiny birds called fantails....
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| Our parking spot for the night. |
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| Sunset over Jackson Bay |
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