Our last two days in New Zealand have been spent with Maz's dad Baz, who we met up with in Auckland & is now also here to travel for a month! Like daughter like father. On our final day we went to see the maritime museum, which was convieniently opposite our hotel! It is a massive museum that could entertain for a whole day, but there is only so many naughtical items you can take in before you start to feel like the tide is turning! As it was our last nigh...

Over the past week we have been staying with Pez's Aunt, Uncle & cousins in their amazing house with pool & outdoor hot tub! It's been really nice to have a slightly less hectic way of life for a while & be able to sleep in a real bed & shower every day! We have done some touristy things, such as going to a honey & cheese farm, shopping in the local villages & going for a hike. The week had also been leading up to Pez's cousin's (Sammy &...

We were recommended to visit the 'Te Papa' museum if we got the chance whilst we were in Wellington... so we did! It is a free museum with five floors dedicated to the history & culture of New Zealand. A lot of the exhibits are interactive & entertaining & there is a lot to look at, so it would be easy to spend an entire day in there. However, due to our schedule, we managed to squash it all in to a period of two hours! On our way to the museum we dr...

Today we decided that we would make our way back to picton & get the night ferry back to Wellington, so that we could get a full day to explore it. On the way, we checked out the "longest swing bridge in New Zealand" across 'Buller Gorge'. Unfortunately it was not that impressive, so we quickly made use of their toilet facilities & were back on our way! As we had a bit of time to kill before getting the ferry, we swung by Nelson on our way. Pe...

After a VERY cold night (we wouldn't recommend sleeping next to glaciers!), we woke to the sound of tapping in the bonet of our car, only to look up to see a kea bird running around on the car! However, rather than shooing it away, we encouraged it to stay so that we could take photos of it, hehe! A bit of a hilly walking & skipping on rocks over rivers & we were greeted by a huge glacier. It was different to the Tasman Valley glacier that we had previo...