Well where to begin.. I know we haven't updated the blog in a while however I do have a little excuse as I kind of broke my iphone and it took a while to get it fixed! We arrived in rainforest central cairns on the 4th may and decided to stay in gilligans for our first night as it had been recommended, however when we got into the room it smelt all damp and felt all sticky (even through the crappy air con was on). We can't complain that much as its a party hostel...

After an eventful start to the day with Rosie nearly missing the bus and us begging the driver to wait for her, using multiple excuses of course (he was not impressed)! We were finally on our way to Milford Sound, it was a long 5 hour journey although we did stop in a cute little village called Tenau, We also had plenty of photo stops along the way, we made sure we were back to the bus at least 5 minutes before we had to go, which the driver found hilarious and b...

Evening everybody :) I know we haven't written the blog in a while however we are now in the picturesque country of New Zealand in little old queenstown :) On one of our last days in manly we went paddle boarding with 2 lovely boys Henry and Matt (15 year old- family friends godson) and it was so much fun! We paddled across the entire lake, the water glistening in the sun, tanning in the process whilst of course working the biceps ;). Although one of the boys ...

Yesterday we had a lovely lie in and decided to take the gondola up the mountain to do the luge, for those who don't know the luge is a track in which you go down in a cart, it was awesome and we managed to get 6 rides instead of five due to us forgetting our tickets the first time we went up! (we were still tired from the journey). Later on we had a lovely Sunday dinner at the hostel for only £4.50 including Beef, Yorkshire puddings, broccoli, carrots and plen...

We arrived in Christchurch and it was definitely not what we had expected! The earthquake had destroyed most of the city and many of the houses were partly destroyed or abandoned which was very sad to see (this purple house was like the leaning tower of piza). We had a 20 minute trek to our hostel from the bus stop and it was very spooky, there was hardly anyone around and everyone was miserable! The next morning we were up at 7:30 to catch a bus to Queenstown w...