Ok as we have been in New Zealand i thought i should right a few different journals...well since the last we crossed top the south island to Picton where in truth there wasnt a great deal to do unless we wanted to Kayak or swim with the dolphins again!...but I did have my worst day here by a mile in terms of "missing home"....think this wasnt helped by a not good ferry journey and not much sleep the night before!!...but by the next day that had all been forgotten!! The next stop was Nelson for a few days where we stayed in a hostel called "accents on the park" where the couple who ran the place were abs fantastic the most helpful people ever!! was a pleasure...only downside is 1 night there was nine in the room that really was only big enough for 6...but we coped haha!! We went on a bike ride into the hills but were shattered by the time we hit the trail as we tried a hill that really wasnt meant for cycling...idiots!!! But also had a nice round of golf but we wont talk about the score.......jus a very nice course!!

Tim had left us at this point as he was visiting Blenheim to get a x-ray done for a part of his visa app!!

He then rejoined us in Greymouth where there was abs nothing to do apart from go food shopping and play crazy golf...not the best place...but free pool in the lounge area swang it for me!!! well worth it hahahah!!

After a couple of nights there we left for Franz Josef......whcih was very nice and we stayed at a nice place called "Glow worm cottages" where me and Tim managed to do a few hours work for a a few nights free accommo...good deal reall as we did like 5 hours wrk to 3 nights work which saved us about 75 dollars so all in all it was worth ALL THOSE HOURS SLOGGING MAKING BEDS eh!? During our time here we also did our long awaited Glacier walk which was excellent as the photos we will be putting on soon will show and we had a perfect day to do it as usually they have 200 days of rain a yr so as it was nice and sunny it was a bonus!!Think we wish we had done full day tho as it may have been more worthwhile as we would have got further up the ice cap!!!

We have now arrived in Queenstown where Tim maybe leaving us for good now if his visa app gets approved then 4 becomes 3!! We are moving onto christchurch and he is staying to work for a few months!! Be sad to see him go as we have all got used to each others company...and as yet havent killed each other!! haha!!

So next update will be on Queenstown and Christchurch before our departure for Oz!!!

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