The final chapter! Day 45 - After getting to the camp after stargazing it was past 1am last night so after a lie in, we left fond memories of Lake Tekapo behind and drove toward the east coast with the Southern Alps in our rear view mirrors. Nikki drove for a few hours today, stopping in Ashburton briefly before heading 25km out of town toward the coast to a campsite. Upon arriving we found a camp full of older couples on holiday as the area is apparently good f...

Day 39 - Still in Dunedin, we started our day with a tour of NZ's Cadbury World. It wasn't too expensive plus there was an added bonus of being given bars of chocolate during the tour around the factory. It's one of Cadbury's smaller factories (although still quite big in size) and for no other reason than entertainment, has the world's only chocolate waterfall. As we all shouted "chocolate!" as loud as we could, 1 ton of melted chocolate came flying out from abo...

Day 32 - We woke up this morning to a campsite full of trailers, people and cameras, even a mirror surrounded by light bulbs! Something was being filmed in the woods but we have no idea what and chose not to invade the set to find out!Today we would be heading for Te Anau but before we'd driven too far we stopped at the local swimming pool, our new way of getting clean! Entry is usually pretty cheap and of course we get to have a swim before enjoying the luxury o...

Day 26 - After our tiring walk to Franz Joseph glacier yesterday we decided to have a lie in, take a break from walking or being on the road and relax on the beach all day. Unfortunately the weather didn't agree with our plans so waking up to grey skies, including low lying cloud covering up our view of the mountain range, was a little disappointing. After an hour or so the clouds appeared to be clearing so we hit the beach to enjoy it while we could. Andy was st...

New Zealand Road Trip - South Island. Day 17 - Crossing to the South Island. After a bad night's sleep in the ferry terminal car park thanks to the various tannoy announcements through the night, we drove the car onto the large 'Interislander' ferry for the 10.30am crossing of the Cook Strait. The journey went very quickly, taking an hour to get from Wellington out into the sea, another hour crossing and an hour navigating our way through the Marlborough sounds...