Camping in New Zealand
woollypigs We spent nearly five weeks cycle touring in New Zealand on the south island and most nights we camped in our Blacks Octane 3 tent. As we found in Australia,…
December 2010
Post-tour ponderings
A cycle tourer or traveller is easy to spot, you know when you have spotted a kindred spirit. They walk in a more relaxed, unrushed way and carry themselves without…
JailHouse in Christchurch, New Zealand
Description: Our newly renovated heritage backpacker accommodation with a colourful history – the former Addington Prison in lovely Christchurch, New Zealand. Since opening in 2006, our amazing Christchurch Accommodation has…
Staying charged while touring
With more and more gadget you have, it is getting somewhat harder to keep them all charged while touring or on holiday. We have a camera, GPS, mobile phone, lights…
Wild camping
We 'camped wild' when we've failed to find a campsite for the night ...
Sandflies the BB über lords
As you might know I do have a love hate thing with any flying blood sucker that is around. To sum it up I’m everyone else’s replant, as I have…