Who says we can't do subtle?

I know we haven't posted much on here for a week or two, but we've been doing quite a lot: relaxing at Caireen and Darryl's house, getting photos published on the BBC News website (quite proud of that one), going to beaches, even more relaxing, talking to people about work, and lots of more stuff that I can't remember right now.

But now we've left Australia. We flew into Christchurch in New Zealand a couple of days ago, and yesterday we picked up a campervan that will be our home for the next 6 weeks. Well, I say "campervan", I think "mobile attention magnet" would be a better description:






I feel I should point out that we didn't choose the van we got ("Ginger" as it's known at the rental firm's depot). All the vans that Escape Rentals do are painted up in weird designs, and while you can give them your preferred three choices when you book, they can only give you what they have in the garage at the time. We wouldn't normally have gone for something so loud, but the layout inside was better than any of the other small "white van" companies that we've seen, and this one was also a good 20 quid a day cheaper than most other firms.

Just arriving at our first campsite in Kaikoura led to at least 4 people coming to talk to us, and people are still walking past it with very raised eyebrows. Wonder whether we'll be sick of it in a couple of weeks time?