Hello everybody, We are currently in Franz Josef Glacier- the second of our two glaicer visits in New Zealand. When we left you last we had half a day left in Fox Glacier. We went out the evening after our glacier climb and rewarded ourselves with burgers that had the best chutney like sauce in them, the burgers themselves were the size of our heads- a perfect reward! After a good nights sleep- helped along with some beer- we decided to do a hike d...

Well here we are...although what we saw today didn't look an awful lot like the picture here. I got some cracking shots so will put those online (along with others already on there if you'd given up checking!) as soon as we can. Anyway I think there is a little more to mention about Wanaka before we get too ahead of ourselves and miss any details. On our last day it finally stopped raining which we were very grateful for. Apparently the weather around t...

Hello everyone fromm Wanaka! We have Lake Tekapo and have been to Queenstown and are now settled in Wanaka. We arrived in Queenstown on the 23rd and settled into our posh campsite (had shower curtains with dlophins on and bath mats in the shower bloke- quite fancy!) The drive into Queenstown was again rather spectacular, lots of wild flowing rivers and huge mountains. We also went past the spot of the famous bungy jump in the area, there were people wai...

Hello! We have got our camper van now so we've left Christchurch for dust. We will have to go back some other time though as we barely saw anything there as time was so short, I can't recommed our hostel enough though (The Old Countryhouse - go now!!). We have christened our van Opera (as in Winfrey) the Tranny as she is a big girl. She's a converted transit van with all mod cons, running water, toilet, gas grill and hob, cd player etc. It's really cool,...

Hello! We have got our camper van now so we've left Christchurch for dust. We will have to go back some other time though as we barely saw anything there as time was so short, I can't recommed our hostel enough though (The Old Countryhouse - go now!!). We have christened our van Opera (as in Winfrey) the Tranny as she is a big girl. She's a converted transit van with all mod cons, running water, toilet, gas grill and hob, cd player etc. It's really cool,...