4WDing and using my DJI Mavic Pro on Peka Peka Beach, New Zealand ..read more

So I decided to brave the horrific Sydney Easter weekend traffic to get away.  Rather than leave Thursday after work with 1.5 million people stuck in gridlock traffic, I decided to wait to the next morning to head out.  Well the morning came and I left around 10am.  The traffic was very light crossing into North Sydney via the Harbour Bridge.  I think my driving GPS was set with the not then best settings because I was going the shortest possible route, but it was not set for then fastest.  After getting up into ..read more

Day 2 - after a long day yesterday of waiting to leave, shopping and a ferry ride, we got a good nights sleep in the van last night.  Surprisingly even though it was quite chilly last night, the the van is so incredibly warm.   With three of my windows having permanent 2 layer thick thermal pocket curtains on them, and with all of them having insulated solar screens on them, it was so incredibly warm in the van last night.  In fact, it was a wee bit too warm.  However if I were camping in the winter alone on a cold snowy night, I'll definitely appreciate this.   One th ..read more

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Day 2 - Ok so we needed a good night sleep after the busy, lets-hurry-up, pack, get groceries, get to the ferry in time and then wonder we were going to sleep (park up) after arriving at 9pm in Picton. Well, we got up to about 7 vans still there of the 15 of so that were there last night.    Either hey left early to catch the early ferry to Wellington no doubt  ..read more