Last day in Queenstown today and the last few days have been very very busy and fun fulled. The first day here I tried to go skydiving, but the weather wasn't playing ball, so return back to the town. However, the day was not lost as I went up to the top of the hills surrounding Queenstown and had amazing views. At the top there is Luging, which is basically a small gokart without an engine going down the hill. It was such good fun for something so simple. T...

Left Christchurch bright and early to head towards the west coast of the South Island. To say that the distance wasn't very far it took a very long time, due to the mountain roads and a mini landslide that blocked the road. The mountains in the middle of the South Island have a very similiar appearance to those in the Lake District. The west coast apparently gets on average 6 metres (18 feet) of rain a year compared to the English 80cm (2 1/2 feet), so is pret...