13/8/9 Dunedin Today we are on a mini trip called the bottom bus and we jumped on a smaller bus with just 6 of us to travel to Dunedin, Invercargill, Te Anau and Milford Sound over the next four days. We had a small mini bus and our driver is an Australian called Skip !! Firstly we passed through Cromwell which is NZs fruit growing area. we then went ot Clyde dam NZs 2nd largest dam and the reservoir holds 33 billion fishbowls of water !!!! It was built on a fau...

11/8/9 Wanaka to Queenstown We left Wanaka for Queenstown at 8.30am in the pouring rain and drove a short distance to Puzzling World which is a puzzles park. It has the worlds first 3D maze with many bridges which really make you lost. We spent ages in there running around trying to get to the towers in each corner and got soaked in the rain but it was a bit of a laugh. Inside there were lots of illusions and a few rooms with illusins and mind tricks. The first ...

10/8/9 Franz Josef to Wanaka We left Franz early to visit Lake Mathieson which is a mirror reflection if the wind is still so early morning is a good time to visit. On a good day there is a reflection of Mounts Cook and Tasman and you can get great photos. We walked 20 minutes to the viewing deck and there were a few ripples and some passing ducks slightly spoiling the perfect reflection but it was pretty near perfect. We all got lots of photos of the lake and a...

8/8/9 Lake Mahinapua to Franz Josef We left the Poo pub nursing hangovers after being wished a good onward trip by Les. The people in the next dorm to us had been kept awake through the night with phils mega snoring...he tried to say it was Liz, as if !!!! We called into the Bushmans centre near Pukekura for a visit to see the museum and animals there. Outside were two huge deer stags standing very close to the carpark so we got some great shots of them. The Bus...

7/8/9 Westport to Poo Pub Today's drive is the most spectacular of the trip down the West Coast of South Island. We were picked up for our quad biking by Jason our guide. We got kitted out in helmets and waterproofs and drove along some farm tracks until we reached specially made trails. we had great fun riding through deep sand, mud, creeks and going up and down steep slopes and tight turns. The ride was two hours long and was really good fun. We were covered i...