Car camping is quite common, whether you knew about it or not. It makes it super easy to move from place to place, and you don’t have to worry too much about finding accommodation when you rock up into a town (though you should take into account the season and any possible bank holidays). It’s…
Category: travel tips
practical advice for travelling to new zealand
Updated September 2019. I recently had the opportunity to guide a small trip through New Zealand (circa 2016). It sounds enterprising, but it was my brother and his friend, both in the country for a friend’s wedding. My brother hasn’t been here since he was 7 (or 6, he skipped his seventh birthday by crossing…
one day in oamaru
The Steampunk capital of New Zealand is a vibrant town with a tiny Victorian precinct and a thriving penguin colony. Located on the South Island, about an hour and a quarter from Dunedin, on the coast of northern Otago, Oamaru’s old town is charming and quaint. You really only need one day here, maybe the…
25 things to do in dunedin
You didn’t really think I could get away without posting a 25 things to do post about my newest hometown, did you? I’m so in love with this city. It’s less crowded than Auckland, on the water like Wellington (better weather than Welly too but we won’t tell them that,) full of remote beaches and…
lodge review: altamont lodge
I had the very fortunate opportunity to go back to Wanaka two weekends ago. After being slightly unsure if my car would make the drive, (!!) I got the okay from the mechanic and headed out of Dunedin on a post-rainy sunny morning. I was headed for Wanaka to explore the town and find out…
one day in wanaka
I’m back with another post about what to do with only one day in a New Zealand town. This time, its Wanaka. Wanaka lies about an hour north of Queenstown, along Lake Hawea and the road to the West Coast. Its a snow lover’s paradise in the winter and a hiker’s paradise in the summer….
one day in glenorchy/kinloch
I feel like the luckiest person right now. I sneaked away from Dunedin again and came back up to Kinloch for the weekend – after one really fun day and night in Wanaka – and I can’t get over how stunning it is up here in the High Country. I found a station for sale…
travel tips: what to do before leaving for an international trip
Prepping for an international trip can be stressful. There are lists galore out on the internet about what to do before travelling internationally, hell, there are plenty of lists about what to do if you’re travelling domestically. But internationally has its own set of rules: visa applications, making sure your passport is up to date…
travel tips: dining like a local
We are all guilty of it. You spend a long day sightseeing in a city and when it’s time for dinner, you head to that plaza near the cathedral where you saw the restaurant filled with people earlier, that had big glasses of wine and a menu with pictures of all the offerings. The service…
travel tips: walking around cities
I like to walk around cities; it must be innate, because so does my mother (I rather think the rest of my family can leave or take it). In some cities, like New York or London, it’s not feasible. In small cities, though – Oslo, Reykjavik, Glasgow, Wellington, Portland or Seattle – it’s definitely doable,…