Wellington: A voyage from the South to the North island.

The next day, we made our way to the boat terminal in Picton to board the Ferry that would take us from the South to the North. You can also take your personal vehicle on to the boat however, hire cars must be left on the South island with a new car to be picked […]

Greymouth: Dirt buggy love

After a full day in Christchurch we were more than happy to make our way north west to the small coastal town of Greymouth. During our travels, we chanced upon some elderly gentlemen out for a leisurely drive in their automobiles. They weren’t travelling particularly quickly… …but with this backdrop, I’m sure they were loving every second of it. Up […]

Christchurch: Cars and a city in ruins.

After the motorsport park, we headed further north for 5 hours to New Zealand’s 2nd biggest city, Christchurch. We were quite shocked to see that the city was still in so much ruin after the earthquake in 2011. And that very little had been rebuilt. To combat the lack of real buildings, the businesses of […]

Cromwell: Highlands Motorsport Park

DAY FIVE: We left Queenstown and were back on the road again and heading off to a new Motorsport facility built in 2013 by the Quinn (VIP pet foods) Family. You can pay to sit in passenger laps of the GT3 cup car or drive the Swift. We opted for the much cheaper option of go-karting. The […]

Queenstown: Joe’s Garage and Milford Sound

DAY THREE & FOUR: The other day, we had stopped by Joe’s garage to pick up some coffee and upon seeing the cool decor, decided to come back again for breakfast. There were lots of nice small touches, like the menu’s all having different cars on the back of them. My favourite items were the […]

Queenstown: A visual and physical feast

6 weeks ago, I received an SMS from Jarrod asking what I thought of New Zealand. I said I’d never been. Within 48 hours, we had also convinced Pete to join us and had booked super cheap tickets for $340 return. Upon hearing we were heading over to Queenstown during the winter season, the first […]

Perry/Cherry/Terry: A game of musical chairs

After Perry’s first Winton shakedown, I knew the Sportivo’s “bolstered” seats weren’t going to cut it, so it was time to pick the wrecked 82 for parts. Terry’s beautiful Le Mans fabric Recaro interior. Soon to be transplanted into Perry. It was quite difficult to find Recaro rails for an Echo but I managed to […]

All Toyota Winterfest 2014

As I grabbed the keys to head out the door to go check out Winterfest at Caribbean Gardens, I couldn’t shake the niggling feeling that there was something important that I had to do today. Ohhh that’s right, I was the child put in charge of retrieving father dearest from the airport. Whoops! After a […]

A weekend without the Winkle.

As there has been no update on the Perry Winkle suspension hunt, it was time to make an attempt at having a social life and remember that there are other cars in the world apart from Nuggets. Friday night saw the opening of JVN garage on the auspicious date of the 8th of the 8th! […]