So..the family went away. The kids & Grandma flew to Invercargill on the Sunday, then (as regular readers will know) Si & I went the following Wednesday.

I’ve tried to select some different shots from what I posted on IG, and they should have captions. If you want to know more about a place/time, let me know in the comments.

Enjoy!

21/12 – in a pencil plane, overlooking the Rakaia River. Very low levels…

22/12 – the obligatory Bluff photo! It’s the southern most point of the Mainland.

23/12 – Dunedin. After the Cadbury factory tour, we went to Baldwin St, the steepest st in the world! And you HAVE to walk it…yay for bootcamp as prep!

24/12 – Milford Sound (actually it’s a fjord) – the most beautiful day of our holiday

25/12 – Wookie alert!

26/12 – every day we tried to go for a long, calming walk in Queen’s Park. Spot the rabbit…

27/12 – one of the replica World’s Fastest Indians, as found in EH Hayes in Invercargill. They have the biggest Bert Munro collection.

28/12 – one of the projects we attacked at the SIL’s – garden prep.

29/12 – as found in Arrowtown. Mase wanted to know how to use it…

30/12 – a gorgeous peaceful afternoon at Monkey Beach.

On New Year’s Day, Si & I then drove the Toy Car back up, along the West Coast, catching the ferry at Picton, spending time in Wellington then back home.

1/1 – lots of one lane bridges

2/1 – Punakaikei Pancake Rocks

3/1 – looking at the sailing conditions

4/1 – we walked a lot in Welly too

5/1 – Weta’s Great War exhibit really took you to 1914 Belgium.

6/1 – back home!