On Wednesday 21st January we said farewell to Australia and hello to NEW ZEALAND. We arrived in Christchurch that afternoon to hot temperatures despite being repeatedly told NZ is much cooler than Oz. We had booked to stay at the Jailhouse Hostel - which as the name implies used to be a real Jail and still has some of its original features. Realised pretty quickly that there isn't much to do in and around Christchurch but luckily while we were there the World Famous Busker Festival started so we went along to the civic hall one evening to see the street performers do their thing. One of them - Rubberband Boy - hold the world record for the highest number of rubberbands on his head! Crazy. The next day we went punting down the pituresque Avon river and had a wander round a market in Cathedral Square. Next stop Franz Josef!