The last leg of our travels took us back from Wellington on the ferry to Kaikoura. We camped at meatworks and woke to a cold and beautiful morning with snow on the seaward kaikoura range.


Bombed it down to Tekapo. Dog checked out the dog statue. Had a sniff. And then back to sunny Wanaka. Sounds like we missed all the crappy weather and its been great since we have been back. No inversion. Just cold and sunny with loads of snow already in place for the start of the season next week. Can't wait...


So New Zealand are pootling along in the World cup with an ever increasing wave of hysteria building behind them. The Italians have been doing their homework however. Here is some secret footage of them in training...