Wagamama, Wellington

I’m a fan of Wagamama from Brisbane and was excited to find it sitting on the waterfront! My brother and I went in for dinner, ad of course, it was fab. We shared the gyoza and I had the house soup – duck noodles with lot of ginger. It was a great broth, I really … Read more

A few days at home

After I got back from the South Island I went straight back home to Feilding. Sadly, while I was away my Nana had passed. She was very old and frail and was lucky to have enjoyed a great, long life. This meant there was lots to organise and people to take care of. Including my … Read more

Lake Tekapo

Well if I were to give you advice it would be this: visit Lake Tekapo. Don’t stay there. The drive from Dunedin to the lake was of course, stunning. Picturesque landscapes flying by the window. We stopped at another lake and had some incredible fresh salmon sashimi from the farm up the road. We also … Read more

A night in Dunedin

We made our way to Macraes Flat which is just outside of Dunedin and the home of a huge gold mine. Ru’s Hubby, Dave had a meeting there so we hung out at the local pub. Hello $4 ciders! The man looked quite confused to see the two of us walk into his tiny country … Read more

Queenstown Impressions

My first impressions of Queenstown was that it was kind of like Whistler but with better burgers. Is a very touristy town obviously built to take advantage of the wonderful playground that nature has provided. And damn Fergburgers are good. We went up the gondola to check out the view and at first it was … Read more

Vudu Cafe, Queenstown

Vudu Cafe in Queenstown in number one on TripAdvisor, with good reason. We stumbled across the cafe on a stroll around the waterfront and I recognised it from TripAdvisor so we decided to check it out for breakfast. I ordered poached eggs with grilled haloumi, cherry tomatoes and smushed avo. It was bloody marvellous. I … Read more

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