5th This morning we caught the ferry too the south island the trip was good the sea well it had no waves in it completely flat and as for Wellington supposedly being windy I don’t think I can name anywhere that is less windy! The ferry trip was really amazing we left quite early so the sun was still coming up. This made the trip almost magical, once we lost all sight of land we headed indoors to the warmth. Emily sat down and read her book and myself well...

3rd jan 07 We left Auckland an hour later than we planed. Not that it mattered. The drive didn’t take that long, the best part was a section of road called desert road although not desert like. lots of plants, trees and mountains. We arrived at Taupo around 6o’clock.put up the tent and set up our little gas burner (I got quite excited at the prospect of food) any woo we cooked off some pork stkes that Emily’s mum had given us! There is only o...

Blienheim, well we didn?t stop here long just passing though really, biding our time until the next day when we would be up early and ready to leave for the ferry, well if and early ferry trip ever appealed this one did, we were one of the fist cars to get there, one on board, it hadn?t hit 6 o?clock yet we got our sleeping bags and before the ferry even set off were in one of the seating rooms curled up by a row of seats fast asleep, one of the best sleeps ever....

Well today we planed to stop at Hamner Springs on the way to Kaikoura this I was quite excited about as so many people were telling me how good they were.Up on a lethargic arrival we gathered up as much food and water as we could carry and headed in. The entrance had a distinctly counsel feel to it. We paid the fees and were let in to the facility it was quite large with about 10 pools ranging in temperatures from about 31-42degrees, the pools are supplied by a h...

After Milford we headed back off up the same road as there is only one, you have to go through this tunnel in has no lights and is full of pot holes anymore than 15kmph and its too fast. Any way while we were waiting for the lights to change a parrot ( kakapo one of the most intelligent creatures alive)flew down and entertained us by taking a liking to the car in front, it had a good look at it as if it was wishing to buy the thing a little waddle about to get a ...