#244 Buy - A 'boysenbeery' fruit beer by Invercargill Brewery. Fresh, fruity but not overly sweet, this berry beer was a perfect end to...

#239 Buy - Central Otago peonies. As we drove to Cromwell on Saturday, we passed many little local roadside businesses advertising...

#235 Do - Purakaunui Falls. As one of the most photographed waterfalls in New Zealand, and only a short road trip from Dunedin, I thought...

#224 Buy - a morning coffee from Steam Café in Oamaru. Sitting in the sunshine in their back garden on a stunning spring day was our...

#217 Do - Hit (or in my case, attempt to...) a golf ball around the Roxburgh Golf Course. Set in the middle of rocky Central Otago...

#211 Buy - a couple of coffees from The Coffee Shack in Wanaka. This super cute space opened just 3 months ago in a converted garage on...

#210 Do - when in Central Otago....walk up the many steps to the views from the 45th southern parallel (along the road from Cromwell to...

#209 Eat - delicious sweet treats from The Lawrence Mint. Locally owned by Alisa, she opened her patisserie and chocolate shop in...

#201 Do - road trip to Aparima/Riverton! A stunning little seaside town on the south coast that I was lucky enough to explore for a...

#189 Do - park at the Jackson Lookout just before reaching Cromwell and head up to the Old Cromwell Reservoir. Climb the steps, zig zag...