Monday – Wednesday 9-11 February 2026 We are sitting at Christchurch Airport ready for our departure to Sydney in a couple of hours. How fast did that go! Our last few days have been lovely, and actually, really the world ‘lovely’ sums up our whole trip. We’ve had lots of fun, seen a lot of…

Sunday 8th February 2026 Many people think that we eat fancy food the whole time we are on holidays. Not only would we be broke if that was the case, but we’d also be extremely unhealthy! Breakfast is an easy meal to keep cheap and simple. While I do love a good breakfast out (who…

Friday 6th and Saturday 7th February, 2026 Beautiful Breathtaking Stunning Pristine Majestic I’m not really sure which word describes it best, but the road trip on State Highway 6 (also known as the Great Coast Road) from Greymouth to Westport was all of them. In fact, Lonely Planet recognise this 100km (1.5 hours) stretch of…

Forgive me… it’s been 6 months since my last post. I feel like I’m giving a priest my confession – and I’m not even catholic haha 😉 When people used to say to me ‘retirement is busy’, I rolled my eyes. But here I am, saying I’m busy. Not crazy busy but keeping our days…