Greymouth is quite aptly named. The little town, one of the larger outposts on the more rugged west coast of the island, is situated at the mouth of a river and is largely overcast and, indeed, grey. It served as a launching point for our explorations of the western coast, including an old gold mine… Read More From Green to Red
Leaving Wanaka was one of the longer drives of the trip, heading cross-island and over the mountains. We generally drove straight through, stopping for lunch in a pretty small town (for a lamb mince burger with mint, because what else down here?) and then treated to a beautiful view of Aoraki (Mt. Cook), the highest… Read More Roaming Aotearoa
New Zealand is far away, far from pretty much everything. I’d always naively figured that once you’re in Australia, it’s just a quick hop between the two. Nope. Three plus hours on a plane from Sydney, which is basically the closest point. No wonder then that it was one of the last landmasses settled by… Read More A Rough Welcome
Zak Abroad 