We got the ferry at 9am on Sunday, it took just over 3 hours and we got off at Picton. We arrived in sunshine the 1st we have seen since we arrived in New Zealand! We had 12 days of constant rain on the north island!! We set off and drove towards Abel Tasman national park. We stopped off in Nelson for a little look around and then carried on to the park! Monday morning we got up and had a walk into the national park around the coast which was beautiful and wa...

We stayed in Tongariro on Thursday night and Friday morning we continues our journey to Wellington via the national park. The park was where the Mordor and Mount Doom scenes were filmed in LOTR at Mt Ruapehu and Mt Ngauruhoe. It would have been lovely to see them however it was really foggy and rainy! We arrived in Wellington in the afternoon and got ready for our night out! We had a few drinks in the campervan before going to meet Jenny & Kate at their h...

We arrived in Taupo on Tuesday night and we went to meet up with Jenny &Kate at the hostel they were staying at. We went to the pub quiz, which we didn't win and had a few drinks there. Afterwards Carol went back to the campervan and Me Matt and Mark went back to the hostel for a few more drinks and a dance! Wednesday we didn't have much planned so we had a long lie in before Carol and Mark went to do their bungy jump. It was 47 metres high and me and Mat...

We stayed in a campsire in Rotorua on Monday night and the 1st thing we noticed upon driving into Rotorua was the smell! There is a lot of sulphur and the place smelt like rotten eggs! The campsite was situated just outside the town centre and free from the sulphur smell! The owner was a lovely lady and half way through the evening Mark came into the campervan with her and a tv and dvd player and Lord of the Rings to watch!! On Tuesday morning we got up and dr...

We set off early from Hamilton to Matamata to visit The Lord Of The Rings set of Hobbiton. Our tour guide was Leslie and she was quite funny! On the way there as there had been a storm the night before she kept getting out of the van to chuck huge tree branches out of the way! The Hobbiton set is situated in a farm which was about 20 minutes from Matamata. There are 17 out of the total of 37 hobbit holes still remaining and we got to stand in the most famous o...