We left Quellon, Chiloé at 11pm on a mammoth 31 hour ferry journey, with Naviera Austral, to Puerto Chacabuco. This journey was supposed to be very scenic passing through the Chilean fjords. However, we were unlucky with the weather –…
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Puerto Varas and Chiloé
Arriving via overnight bus from Santiago, we stopped for a couple of days in Puerto Varas to have some time to ourselves between workaways (we were due to spend two weeks at a workaway in the north of the island…
Casablanca
We had a very long day travelling from New Zealand to Chile. Our flight left Auckland at 19.30 and after a 11 hour flight arrived in Santiago at 15.00 the same day! Jessica writes: At the workaway our host was…
Whitianga and the Coromandel Peninsula
Elliot writes: We hired a car then drove to our apartment, we were spending a week there and it was next to the beach. There was lego and Netflix worked on the tv, we went kayaking and paddleboarding and there…
Taupo to Te Kauwhata
Our first stop in the Taupo area was Huka Falls on the Waikato River. These were very impressive – fast flowing through a very narrow gorge (where you could cross over on a bridge) and a beautiful green colour. There…
Whangarei to Rotorua
Visiting a few beaches (Sandy Bay, Woolley Bay and Matapouri Bay) along the way, we wound our way south along the SH-1 from Cape Reinga and the Giant Dunes towards Whangarei, the regional capital city of Northland, famous for its…
Auckland to Cape Reinga
After a late night arrival into Auckland, the following morning we walked to the Britz campervan hire site about 500m away from our hotel. Our wheels for the New Zealand part of our adventure were significantly smaller than those of…
Sydney
As we drove closer to Sydney we said goodbye to the nice quiet roads that we’d travelled since picking up our motorhome. We decided, against the wrath of google navigation, to drive over Sydney Harbour Bridge (well, Nick did, saying…
Tuncurry to Umina
After leaving Wingham, Tuncurry beach was our first stop. We watched a pod of around 10 dolphins swimming parallel to the beach, just beyond the surf. It was a real treat to seem them so close. Forster, nearby, had a…
Eungai Creek To Wingham
On our way to Eungai Creek, we made a quick stop at both Shelly Beach and, above it, Captain Cook Lookout. This was another impressive view-point where we glimpsed a few migrating whales in the distance. We stayed for a…