Currie's Travels

South Island

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3 April 2021

Benmore Peninsula Track

After a short 1 hour drive from Waimate we decided to do the Benmore Peninsula Track as our walk for the day. The track is shared in parts w…

3 April 2021

Mt. Nimrod

t’s a great wee spot and we drove through a town called Cave, go figure. The next morning we headed out to do the Mt. Nimrod walk which says…

3 April 2021

Waimate

We drove up to the Whitehorse memorial instead of walking it which was a shame because it looks to be a fun walk. The view of the horse is a…

23 January 2021

Kaikoura /Picton

We drove to Kaikoura on Friday night and stayed at the Kaikoura Trotting Club which is an NZMCA park for its members. Plenty of other motorh…

29 October 2020

Peel Forest

This was our first visit to Peel Forest! We stayed at the Peel Forest Doc Campground which has amazing facilities (even a hot shower) and lo…

29 September 2020

Lake Pukaki & Fairlie

We arrived in Lake Pukaki late at night and decided to drive through it and stay at Lake Wardell Rest Area Overnight Campervan Parking. It w…

27 September 2020

Lake Tekapo

When we arrived at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Lake Tekapo there were gale force winds so there were not many people there. When cros…