Nelson Stories


DAY 17 ROAD TRIP - Punakaiki to Nelson

Off to Nelson. First stop Westport, but only for petrol. Didn't look a bad place. Very twisty road, very beautiful, but the bends make it hard work travelling. Had a look at Murchison, but not a lot to report. The war memorial was interesting, a painted statue of a first world war soldier, on a column. Still quite a long drive, well over 4 hou...


Getting Settled

It's hard to believe almost two months have gone by since we left Orange County on our adventure to the other side of the world. Time flies so fast some times. With the recent time change in California, we are now 21 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time, almost a full day. Hopefully that will make the jet lag on the way home a little easier to c...


Exploring the unexplored, seeing the unseen, doing the undone, finding the unfound...

Sorry for the huge delay in updates, I have no excuse, I just keep forgetting to write :) We are now in Nelson, our home for the next 5 months, which is located at the top of the south island. It gets the most amount of sun throughout year so we thought it would be the most like home for us Southern California girls, even though our first two d...


Seriously, this stalking has got to stop!

Nelson is, apparently, the most liveable city in New Zealand and also the center of the country. We used it as a base to explore the Abel Tasman National Park. We spent the morning hiking along the coast on part of the famous Coast Track from Bark Bay to Torrent Bay. We didn’t get to see much of the coast due to the dense vegetation including the big...