I had been wanting to do an overnight solo trip for a while after doing the day drive through the Nevis Road. A few people in the 4WD & Overlanding in NZ group on Facebook suggested Loch Katrine near Lake Sumner. After looking at the DOC website it looked stunning and a great place to […]
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A couple of years back my wife and I went to Queenstown for a long weekend. While there we drove the Nevis Road in the Suzuki Escudo. The Nevis Road is New Zealands highest public road. Its peak at Duffers Saddle reaching to 1300m above sea level. The road is usually closed over winter and
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Well after months of saving and looking for a new car we have finally found one. After test driving a few cars and looking at what we wanting, 4 doors, boot that can hold two dogs, a bit of height and clearance for the small bit of off-road driving we do. We found that the Nissan X-Trail
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Well, it has been an exciting few weeks with a few things organised and finalised. Firstly we went to talk with a couple of banks to see how we were going to saving towards a house. It was very positive with a few ideas on how we can save the rest of our deposit faster.
It has been a busy few weeks again, we were lucky enough to get up to Lake Taupo during Easter weekend where the storm did not really hit. A bit of talk about our duck hunting opening weekend for 2014. Easter Weekend Centre of the North Island We went for a drive to the Centre
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