Forgot to mention in the last update that whilst in Ohakune we experienced a Volcanic TREMOR! not an earthquake tremor but a volcanic one!amazing eh!:) both in our little cabin, everything started to shake quite "violently" for about 5 seconds!Both looked at each other like 'What the hell....?' then realised what it was!crazy! Also that same night when we legged it to the loo in the night, we looked up and could clearly see the Milky-Way!What a...

We are back in Wellington now then, staying in a campsite at Lower Hutt, not far up the road! Today we came straight into the city and went to a huge new museum, Te Papa! Lots of interactive gadgets to play with so matt was in his element!haha! Then we headed to the Embassy theatre, this is where the premier for Lord of the Riongs was so we got tickets to see The Two Towers tomorrow at 12.30 because they play the films every sunday!!:) Across the road from the ...

Well we made it to New Zealand, had the most amazing view on the way in, check out the pics to see! Picked up our hire car, a Suburu Forester, not the Nissan X-trail we were expecting but still pretty sweet!:) So, off on our Lord of the Rings journey we go!