This is where we got the ferry across to wellington. We thought the sea cat was good.this ferry is massive, it has about 10 floors and a cinema should be good.we got booked on the 10pm crossing but we thought that was too late so we went on standby and got 2 seats on the 1pm one so that was alot better. the crossing was so rough! people were falling over clutching onto their sick bags! it took 3 hours. but we made it and now we are in Wellington, i thought the se...

Had New Years here just had a quiet one, there were no rooms avaliable in any of the local youth hostels so we stayed in another 4 star hotel. we never want to go back to camping after this!Bring on 2007didnt take any photos as you can see. we were going to go kayaking in abel tasmen national park but it was raining (its really like the uk over here we have only seen 3 nice days so far!)

Didnt do much here but i ate some Crayfish it was nice. i thought lobster was supposed to be something special and it really wasnt.i was planning on going on a whale watching tour but it was rained off the first day we were there and i couldnt get on the next days tour! fuming!we stayed in a nice hostel but it was decorated like a old hotel and i swear the eyes on the pictures follows you when you walk past. very spooky!!

Hamner Springsthe weather was really bad when we got there but we still went to the hot springs which were really nice we even tried the sulphur pools which were nice for about 10 seconds until the smell hit you and then you stunk of rotten eggs all day (nice!)    

Kris didnt want to go to the glacier but i really did so i booked myself on the three quarter day tour. they give you all the equipment waterproof trousers, big coat, hat, gloves, socks, walking boots and clamp ons which help you walk on the ice.We got a bus to the valley where the glacier is, then we had to walk 45 minutes to the base of the Glacier. Then we had to put our ice shoes on andclimb almost vertical steps in the ice for about 1 hour (i thought taking ...