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Today we headed up the east coast, stopping a few times for coffee before going to Gisbourne to try and find some cheap or free camps. We had been told there were loads of free places to camp on the east coast, but it was all lies. Same old same old, you can camp if you have a toilet on...

permalink written by  chrischarly on February 23, 2012 from Gisborne, New Zealand
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Boring day, sorry...

Well it was predicted to rain today, and yes, rain it did. So we went and hung out in a café, and then another before going to find a paid camp just outside of Hastings which is the ‘driest’ place currently in NZ even though it is still raining here. So we just chilled, caught up with a few...

permalink written by  chrischarly on February 22, 2012 from Hastings, New Zealand
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And then the rain came down

Woke up and left our free camp, drank some coffee, did a bit of driving and found a place we could secretly freedom camp alongside a River. Enjoyed the brief amount of sunshine there was by Chris going fishing and by me soaking up as much vitamin D as I possibly could before the rain hit.

permalink written by  chrischarly on February 21, 2012 from Woodville, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly Down Under

And onto the North Island

Drove the 10kms to Picton before going to the harbour for a shower, and then a coffee followed by checking in to the Ferry bound for Wellington. It was a huge Ferry with lots of comfy seats to relax in for the 3 hour journey which we soon camped out in before waving goodbye to the...

permalink written by  chrischarly on February 20, 2012 from Wellington, New Zealand
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What a shitty day

After such a gorgeous day yesterday we woke up with rain and lots of it. Hoping it would clear a bit we waited at the campsite sitting in the car but soon gave up and drove to Picton in search of a warm place to sit for a while supping on coffee. Then, after drinking way too much coffee...

permalink written by  chrischarly on February 19, 2012 from Picton, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly Down Under

Such a gorgeous free campsite

We decided to leave our campsite this morning so went to find Andy and Tracey to say goodbye before heading out of the sounds and towards Picton. We got our bearings in town in preparation for catching the Ferry on Monday, and refuelled, re-gassed and went food shopping. We then headed south...

permalink written by  chrischarly on February 18, 2012 from Robin Hood Bay, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly Down Under

Lots of tasty seafood

Another absolutely glorious day, which made the sounds look better than you can imagine. We packed up and went to Chris’s fishing beach which was all ours. Chris went off rock climbing and brought back a huge bag of mussels, before quickly grabbing his rod and heading off across the rocks...

permalink written by  chrischarly on February 17, 2012 from Waimaru, New Zealand
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Mussels

We went to Havelock for lunch, which is supposed to be the Green Lip mussel capital of NZ. Chris was excited so we had a nice lunch of fresh local mussels, even though we both agree that we prefer the smaller black mussels that we get at home, and here. For some reason the Kiwis like the big...

permalink written by  chrischarly on February 16, 2012 from Havelock, New Zealand
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Waterfalls

After getting ready to go for a nice shower, we realised we had left our towels in Motueka, oops! So back we headed 40 mins each way to collect them. After this unplanned detour we went to Pelorus Bridge campsite, which was lovely, and whilst more expensive than other DoC sites we have been...

permalink written by  chrischarly on February 15, 2012 from Pelorus Bridge, New Zealand
from the travel blog: Chris and Charly Down Under

Valentine's

We left Motueka to head for Nelson after Chris helped to rescue a cat stuck up a tree, as we were advised of a cheap camp nearby. We diverted through Richmond and had a lovely lunch, me – sushi, Chris – Chicken Laksa. We also bought supplies for a nice Valentine’s dinner. We found the camp,...

permalink written by  chrischarly on February 14, 2012 from Nelson, New Zealand
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