Happy Christmas!

Nothing exciting to report today - beautiful, sunny weather.  A bit of a chill on the breeze, but nothing to complain about.  A perfect relaxing day after yesterday's driving marathon.

Plans are looking good for the North Island - currently expect to have a day in Wellington, two days are set aside to get the best weather for the Tongariro Alpine Crossing (and a guide has been found so I will have someone else to take care of transport and tell me what I'm looking at :-)).  That leaves me heading to Hawke Bay / Napier wine region nicely for New Year, a detox in Rotorua and a few days in Auckland before I head home.

All I need now is for the snow to get so bad in the northern hemisphere that the planes refuse to fly and I get a few days / weeks free in Sydney or Bangkok on the way home.....