The Route

The family holiday to New Zealand will not be successful of the basis of the direction in which we travel, but I did want to make sure that we had time in some key places and had enough time to see some of the best bits - this meant missing some of the other best bits that are just too far off our chosen path to fit in the time available.

I hope though that this will whet the appetites of the Junior Grendels for further adventures. Particularly Junior Grendel Number One who has autism - we are not sure how he will go away from home for such an extended period but his natural curiosity and excitement for trip bode well.

Below is the general outline of our intended journey - I feel terribly guilty about the North Island - it almost looks like we are afraid of the sea and I know some amazing locations on both the East and West coasts of the North Island from my own time in New Zealand.

Still - we can't eat the whole buffet!