Hi all, sorry for the very long delay in writing this blog - life has been somewhat busy since we landed in Australia. Anyway here goes.......... Dunedin looks very like the Scottish city of Edinburgh especially the town centre. The train station is probably the most famous landmark in Dunedin, standing inside is like being in the nineteen twenties. The YHA we stayed in was once an old hospital and was rumoured to be haunted! The TV room was down in the base...

After another early start in Franz Josef we headed further South to Wanaka. Along the way we stopped at Lake Matheson, known locally as 'mirror lake', but unfortunately it was a little too cloudy to get a picture post card photo. Wanaka is small town which sits on the edge of a crystal clear alpine lake and has Mount Aspiring NP as a backdrop-pretty beautiful as you can see from the pics. The town is home to many adventure sports, winter sports and of course vine...

Our first stop in the South Island was a town called Nelson. We don't have that much to say about it because we spent our time out in the Abel Tasman National Park - New Zealands newest and smallest NP and one of the most popular places for Kiwi's to spend Christmas. We took a cruise up the coast to the far end of the park passing the famous Split Apple Rock (see photos) and a small seal colony (also see pics) along the way. Because of the very high tide that ...

Hey everyone, sorry it has taken a while to write this blog entry but we have been busy!On our final leg of the north island we visited Rotorua, Taupo, Hastings and Wellington. None of which were as picturesque as the far North but still worth a visit.Rotorua is famous for it's geothermal activity, Maori culture and adrenaline activities. Needless to say we didn't engage in any adrenaline sports although we did attempt to go Zorbing but were refused on account ...

Hey everyone, here we are in a somewhat colder New Zealand. It's been abit of a shock to the system leaving the 25C - 30C which we've been used to for the last two and abit months. So it was jeans on, thermals out and hoodies on!! We arrived in New Zealand and recieved a free cup of tea at the airport, a good start by anyones standards. Especially Beckys! After finally clearing customs after having our tent and boots cleaned by Bio-Security we got on the bus ...