Unfortunately in the morning, the weather had taken a turn for the worse up in the hills, so we didn't bother with the walk. I was just doing the morning jobs and as I turned round from topping up the water tank, I was met by a very inquisitive pheasant. Mel got some bread out for her and we managed to get her to eat out of my hand. The only problem was, when the food ran out, the pheasant got rather aggressive and started to peck my hand! Surviving my vicio...

The previous day I bought a fishing license which enabled me to fish anywhere in New Zealand. The shop that I bought it from had told us about a nearby canal, which was regularly fished for trout and salmon, so I spent all morning 'trying' to catch them, but again I was unsuccessful. That afternoon we headed to Mt Cook, (Aoraki,in Maori, meaning 'cloud piercer') the highest mountain in Australasia, peaking at 3754ft. We took a quick detour to a s...

In the morning we found a 'Jumping Pillow'. And much fun followed. A 'Jumping Pillow' is basically a cross between a bouncy castle and a trampoline. After our morning excercise we had a quick look around the bay in Timaru and the old lighthouse before heading off to Lake Tekapo. We were given a Tourism Guide which syncs into the radio at points of interest. While driving towards Tekapo, it cut in and told us about a mountain-top observatory whi...

Only a three hour plane journey and we touched down into Christchurch. On our descent we flew over the magnificent Southern Alps, which we got some amazing views of from the plane window. The airport was alot smaller than what we imagined it to be for the South Islands main airport. They have extremely tight regulations on what you can bring into the country, but we managed to breeze through without much trouble, although we had to declare our hiking boots, fis...