The ferry crossing from picton was 3hrs but the drive there from Nelson was nice through all the vinyards, it was a nice day a bit windy so we couldn't sit out on the crossing. Then we started a long drive up to Stratford where Brendon lives, after stopping for dinner in a pub on the road Brendon was only a little way behind us so we got to follow him back. We met the rest of the shearing family and had a few beers, brendon was so sweet and gave us his room for t...

We got such a good deal on the car a brand new ford focus with full insurance for just 8 pound a day and the driving in new zealand is great lots of winding roads round the mountains. Our first stop was fox town to walk on the glacier, an incredible experiance all around is rain forrest which you walk through to get onto the glacier. Our guide was very good and i was a bit worried about wearing boots on my very sore feet, its strange to see where the glacier wsa ...

Well after a very rough flight with air new zealand we got to christchurch at about 1 am, feeling a little tipsy after a few free chanpagnes on the plane anne marie and me stayed at a motel near the airport. Our first day in NZ we went into christchurch to the gondola which has amazing views of the city and all the mountains as far as you can see. We then walked back down to a little town called Lyttelton, which a bus driver had recomended to us it was very pritt...

We got back the day before new years to a nice hotel in the middle of the city and went out for a few drinks, not too many as we has an early start to get a good spot to watch the fire works. We went across to toronga zoo side of the harbour and to a spot called bradleys head where you can swim in the harbour during the day which was a good thing because it was so hot. We got a great spot and had a nice chilled out day eating and drinking, russell and me went for...

I had a few chilled out days in sydney before Russell arrived as the weather wasn't great, a friend of mine from the west coast jojo was around which was nice. We went to an open air cinema in the centenial park and watched the dutchess a good film i think it was a better story than australia. I grabbed myself a been bag bed very comfy and then we drank quite alot. the following night we went to the carols in the domaine part of the botanical gardens it was a gre...