Well here I am again, back in Queenie for the third time! Five of us from the Stray bus stopped off at the same hostel and we've had a good week. Joan's birthday was a very mad night - I got in at 6.30am! Not sure if I have ever stayed out that late apart from New Years Eve's! The weather isn't quite as good as what we were getting in Wanaka - in fact as I write this its drizzling outside so don't feel too upset at your own mist and rain! I...

Sorry I haven't written for a week - its taken me that long to get over New Years!!! We had a fantastic night at Franz Joseph - only ending up going to two bars but my were they a laugh!! New years day bought big hangovers all round so didn't do much except eat and sleep! We left early on the morning of the 2nd and our driver was Spanky again who took me to Milford Sound a while back - nice to see a familiar face (although she'd seen us being drunkard...

Christmas in Christchurch was lovely - we had a sunny day which was quite warm - and a bit of rain in the evening but by then we were all a bit drunk so we didn't care! Huge thanks for my pressies Em and Nat (it made a huge difference to waking up somewhere far from home on Christmas morning!) Boxing day was a bit boring - but hey you can't have it all i suppose! We hung out at the hostel and polished off all the food and drink and i made everyone watch M...

Well I didn't get up the steepest street in Dunedin after all - I ended up having an extremely lazy weekend there after getting a real bad cold and cough (poor little me I know!) I checked out the town center and three of us went to Cadbury World for the tour which was good! I upgraded to a Double room at the hostel/Hotel and got one with a Bath!!Whcih is a real treat after 3 1/2 months of showers I can tell you! It also had Sky TV so I stayed in each evening...

On Monday I finally made it onto the stray bus en-route to Milford Sound. The group on the bus all knew each other already it seemed but I got to know some nice girls from Ireland and two brothers from Canada within the first few hours. Milford Sound itself was spectacular - Photos will be added when I get to a fast enough computer! Its out at the start of Fiordland and is set amongst amazing Mountains. We went on a boat cruise out to the sea and saw wild Dolphin...