Our South Island Honeymoon

A little back story first…

Not long after we first met I went to visit Pat while he was building a log house at Mount Lyford. I was just there for a long weekend so we squeezed in as much as possible Hanmer Springs, Kaikoura and Pat also introduced me to Pete from Diamonds n Gold who lived on the mountain. Fast forward about 11 years we finally got hitched in November last year and Pete actually ended up designing and making my engagement ring and wedding band. Other than that and Christchurch I hadn’t seen a lot of the South Island and it’s been something I’ve wanted to do for a long time – explore my home country

We didn’t have a plan just that we wanted to make it to Queenstown and we had about 9 days return from Rotorua in the old Nissan Safari. Pat wanted to drive which I wasn’t too keen on but so glad we did as we struck amazing sunny weather for most of our trip and got to see so much. Some of the places we visited were Blenheim, Twizel, Mt Lyford, Hanmer Springs, Mt Cook Village, Lake Tekapo, Wanaka, Queenstown, Arrowtown and Lake Mavora so we covered some ground. The South Island is seriously gorgeous and it was a lot of fun exploring it with Pat. We got to catch up with Pete again and his partner Elona briefly via Skype. We were also super lucky to meet the owner of the stunning Ben Lomond Station and stay at one of their lodges

Anyway here are some of the images from our trip. I’ll definitely be framing up some of these for artwork