Drive to Kaikoura (via Hanmer Springs) Hanmer Springs - Hot pools Seals - Walk around limestone cliffs Another day on the road - first to Hanmer springs, about 1.5 hr our of Christchurch & in-land. Here we visited & enjoyed the Hot pools - essentially a much larger version of the hot pools at Lake Tekapo, with literally hundreds of people, and a large selection of pools from 36 - 41 degrees. We relaxed in the pools for a bit over an hou...

Adrenalin Forrest (high Ropes) Movie (Up - 3D) First thing -off to adrenalin forest. This was somewhat different to what we expected… It's a high ropes course with 6 courses within in - with a total of 100 different challenges (i.e. each course has a heap of actual challenges within it). What made this different to anything I've ever experienced in Australia is the relaxed nature of the operation. We turned up just before 10am only 1 staff person ...

Drive to Christchurch Christchurch botanical gardens Art Gallery Drove up to Christchurch today - after a brief walk along the river's edge at Lake Tekapo we headed off. This was about a 3 hr drive, mostly with amazing scenery and more sheep! Unfortunately, either due to operator error or software error, the Tom Tom took us right past our first destination (cookie time) and it wasn't until 20km later that we realised. Fortunately we were well a...

Drive to Mout Cook 2 x walks at base of mt Cook Off to Mt Cook today - as per usual, the weather is absolutely perfect with a clear sky, however the previous nights had brought snow - so the mountain and surrounding areas were covered with Snow. The drive there was once again spectacular, passing bright light blue lakes and stunning surroundings, with sheep crossing the road. Took one hour to make it to the base of the mountain, where there are a nu...

Drive to Lake Tekapo Observatory Lookout Winter Park (Hot pools) Off to Lake Tekapo today, so checked out of the hotel and headed off. A lot of the journey is costal and the views along the way are just amazing. I followed the Tom Tom, which took us the quickest way - but certainly not the "normal" way. It took us through sound very windy road up and down mountains for one part - but it did result in some amazing scenery and did cut a...