Up at the crack of dawn again but this time we skipped Christchurch and drove straight to a seaside town called Akaroa. We had to leave early so that we would make it in time to swim with the dolphins at 11:30am. Everything was going well, we got up on time, had a quick breakfast, hot shower then just as we were leaving the park, crash! Chris drove straight into a roof. We both sat there frozen as we watched all the leaves and water crap spill across our front sc...

We both slept so well last night, probably because it was that cold our bodies thought they were going into hibernation! Chris's hot water goon bag creation worked well and kept us warm for hours. I really didn't want to leave our cosy bed and for a moment I wondered if Chris would mind driving while I stayed in bed lol, I didn't bother asking him though, it's already unfair that he's the only driver.  This time Chris jumped out to make breakfast. We had cornfl...

We woke up very toasty this morning, in fact it was a little bit too hot so I jumped out of bed to turn the heater down then started making breakfast. Beans and eggs on toast! It felt great waking up in our camper van and without looking out of the windows it was easy to forget we were in the middle of a holiday park. After breakfast we just lazed about watching tv in bed and planned what to do today. As it was so freezingnomously cold outside it made perfect sen...

We got our first glimpse of New Zealand's beautiful country through the planes windows. Snowy mountain caps were peaking out from under a thick blanket of white clouds as we flew down to land. When we came level with the clouds it was like looking out at a pure white desert made from soft cotton and the huge mountains were far away in the distance. The mountain tops were so big it was hard to imagine them continuing underneath the clouds. Chris wasn't as excited ...

It's our last day in Oz today but be are really looking forward to getting to New Zealand and starting all over again in another country. We are especially looking forward to sleeping in our camper van for the whole time and not having to do any packing for a whole month! There are two things I am not looking forward to though, the cold weather and the Nevis Bungy jump in Queenstown! I just hope I can go through with it.  So we checked out of Coronas Backpacker...