Kia Ora! So, Lucy has taken you through the North Island antics and it's my turn to have a go at the South Island so far... may not be quite so witty but beare with me! After an evening of cake and cards in Wellington it was an early start with a 7.15am pick up for the ferry crossing to Picton.On the ferry, some wierdo guy collared Lucy into a conversation about his cat for ages while i 'read my book'!! Haha Anyway that's pretty irrelevant, sorry...So, we found...

THE NEVIS BUNGY....134M, 8 SECOND FREEFALL... Oh my goodness guys, I have just been weighed up for the bungy, I have my Toe tag and a jump number on my hand and they give you free internet for last words to family and friends!!!! AAARRRGGGHHH talk about messing with your head! Despite that I'm excited and just want to jump off that cable car thing - turns out there isn't a bridge over the nevis! It's good because Amanda, Heather, Jade and Victoria are all here o...

Hey, get ready for the mammoth entry, as I attempt to take you on our journey through the North island... Rotorua/ Rotten Rua is the smelliest place i have ever been to (bar maybe the bathroom after Debbie sometimes!). It does have some definite perks though, such as the grade 5 river rafting that luerd us in with the promise of the highest commercially rafted waterfall(7metres!). So we take our bathers and our new friends along to meet the hot rafter boys, and ...

Kia Ora - Hello/welcome in moari!!! Last night was awesome, we got picked up at 7pm from our hostel by the Kiwi Waka and taken on a journey through time back to the 1800s, Our driver, John, set the scene and taught us a bit of Moari language: Carpie - very goodKia ora - hello/welcomeWaka - historically a canoe or presently, the mode of transport you're using. We had to pick a tribe name - Kiwi! very imaginative! And lastly we had to choose a strong, handsome m...

Hey guys, How you going?! Haha So... Monday 16/08 started at 7am in the belief there would be a free breakfast waiting for us after the Argentinian girls kept us up all night!!!! doh. There was no free breakfast however, in moaning about the Argentinians we made friends with a couple of English girls - Dale and Kate - who just so happened to be catching the same bus as us!!! Wooo so very exciting not to mention a relief as we couldn't find the bus stop on Sunday...