Fiordland Day 7 & 8 Sat, Sun

Our last day aboard the Milford Wanderer,  or that's what we thought. It had been a great trip and one I and my lovely wife Judy had been planning on taking for some-time. The weather had been perfect, lots of rain to get the waterfalls active and some nice clear periods as well to view …

Fiordland Day 6 Friday

Friday and our last day in Fiordland. We pulled the anchor up at 7am and travelled back down the sounds to the entrance to Preservation Inlet and the Puysegur Lighthouse. It is the most south westerly lighthouse  in New Zealand. The lighthouse  is 45 metres above sea level and can be seen from 19 nautical …

Fiordland Day 5 Thursday

The Milford Wanderer swung around all night in Revolver Bay. The 50 kn winds had found us and during the night we could hear the wavelets slapping against the hull and the occasional crunch of the anchor chain as it moved in its block. As the mornimg light lit up Revolver Bay the Bay was …

Fiordland Day 4 Wednesday

Supper Cove. Doc hut at end of Dusky Track. Wednesday morning nice and calm in Supper Cove, Dusky Sound. Breakfast and up anchor at 8.15. Destination Pickersgill Harbour. So named by Captain Cook after one of his lieutenants. Cook described him as a good officer and astronomer but liking ye grog. Heading up to 9 …

Fiordland Day 3 Tuesday

A peaceful night at anchor in Duck Cove with the steep cliffs of Resolution Island keeping us sheltered from the rising winds. After breakfast it was up anchor and a cruise up out of Duck Cove keeping Resolution Island to starboard (right) to Fascile Harbour. The entrance to it very narrow. Inside is the remains …

Fiordland Day 2

A peaceful first night's sleep in our little cabin aboard the Wanderer and up for wash and breakfast. Either fully cooked, continental, or both. I took the continentil for the week. View up Wet Jacket Arm Up anchor at 9am and travel back up Wet Jacket Arm a short way, dropped the anchor and ashore …

Fiordland Day 1

By 6am Judy and I were awake in our van at the camp just down the road from the ferry terminal. We had arranged to be collected from the camp and to be ferried across Manapouri Lake to the West Arm of the Lake where our adventure was to start. 9am was pick up time …

Fiordland Pre Boat Trip

In Febuary this year (2023) found Judy and I travelling down the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand in our Dethleff Trend motor home. The reason for the trip was that previous trips down the West Coast had been during the winter and we wanted to see it in the summer. The …

The Heaphy Track

Judy and I had already visited the start and finish of the Heaphy Track when we were in the South Island last year. Our visits can be found in the blogs Mokuhinui and Golden Bay. The West Coast end we walked up the track for several hundred metres and at the Golden Bay end the …

A Month in North Auckland

27th of December 2019 Judy and I left home in Takanini to travel north with about 30 vans from the South Auckland Caravan Club. First stop was One Tree Point School near Marsden Point Oil Refinery where we stayed for two nights exploring the area. Then on to the KawaKawa Ruby Club for three nights. …