Hi After leaving Franz Josef we headed north to Nelson and then for our final stop in the South Island to Picton. We spent the night in Picton and then took the car ferry to Wellington in the North Island. The three hour crossing across the Cook Strait was quite stomach churning and we were very pleased to dock. On arrival in Wellington we were welcomed by Motorways - what are they, we haven't seen these for months!! We attempted to drive into the city but ...

HiAfter o ur action packed day in Queenstown we took a leisurely drive nirth to Wannaka where we spent the night. The next morning, after having breakfast next to Lake Wannaka, we continued north to Fox Glacier and Franz Josef.  En-route to "Glacier Country" we stopped for a couple of walks and then arrive at the town of Fox Glacier.  After looking around the town, we had our first glacier experience where we went for a walk up to the bas...

HiAfter we'd vistied Milford Sounds we left Te Anau and headed north to Cromwell where we spent the night before heading up to Mount Cook.  The next morning bright and early we began the drive to Mount Cook which was brilliant as we had such good weather.  The scenery was great and changed all the way along the journey so we couldn't get bored of the drive.  I don't think you ever could get bored of the scenery in New Zealand!!We arrive...

Hi I hear you have more snow at home - how exciting!!We arrived in Te Anau last week but have been so busy i've only just got around to writing this entry up!Te Anau is the gateway to Milford Sounds and Doutful Sounds so we used this as a base to stay while we explored these areas.Te Anau has a massive, beautiful lake and we stayed on a campsite overlooking this.  On arrival in the town we went straight to the information centre and booked our trips...

Hello Since our last entry we've travelled from Dunedin to Invercargil via the Southern Scenic Route which was beautiful. Once on the scenic route we entered an area called The Catlins, parts of which are a National Park and covers an area of approximately 100 miles along the south of New Zealand. Our first stop was to Jacks Bay where we took an hours walk to Jacks Blowhole which is a sinkhole 300m from the sea - quite strange as we were expecting ...