Hello, The day after our last blog we did the Tongariro crossing, which according to the brochure is the best one day walk in the world which was a good job as we had to get up bloody early to do it. We weren't diappointed though as it was a really good day. The walk goes in between Mt. Tongariro and Mt. Ngruurururua...., better known as Mt. Doom from Lord of the Rings. We were very luck with the weather again so had really good views of both volcanoes. The w...

Hello! Just a quick entry to let you know what we've been up to, not been a lot until today really! So we last wrote in Nelson, so the next day we caught the ferry from Picton to Wellington. The crossing was smooth so we were very lucky, though I had seasickness tablets anyway which make you sleepy so I slept most of the way! Then we arrived in Wellington, far too many cars for our liking, we've got used to empty roads! They even had a real motorway in Wellingt...

Hello! I've lost track of the days so I'll start with the one after the whales, whatever that was! Stu woke up a bit poorly so we just got up and went for a walk along the coast line then drove to Abel Tasman. It rained a lot of the way there so we were unsure whether the weather was going to be good for the walking and kayaking we had planned but turned out it was lovely! So we stayed at a lovely site right near the beach, we got up the first day and went for ...

Hello! We wrote our last blog quite a while ago, sorry about that! Having too much fun! Since Queenstown, after our walks, we got up the next day and it was raining a lot, however we continued with our plan for the day and went up the gondala to see ver Queentsown (which we couldn't see because of the rain!) and then went on the uge 5 times! It was so cool, this small sledge thing on wheels on a track and it was great fun! Stu won every race, but mainly because...

The second day in Dunedin we went out to the Otago Peninsula. It was a very sunny day and the harbour area looked very nice. We went out to the end where there is an albotross and Penguin sanctuary but you had to pay to go in so after trying to get a look around the sides for free we went to another beach called Sandfly Bay where there were supposed to be Penguins. We parked at one end and walked to a hide at the other side of the beach. There were lots of se...