Well the rain didn't ease up all night so we didn't get much sleep. The plus side is we had been told that Milford Sound is much better when it's been raining as there are hundreds of waterfalls. Set out on the boat this morning on a trip through the sound to the sea. We hoped to see penguins but for the first hour it was not to be although it was so cold I expected to see polar bears as well. Eventually spotted two penguins on our way back which made Tasha very ...

We went up the mountain in a cable car which had fantastic views over Queenstown this morning. Whilst going up we noticed a rugby team training on the pitch so assumed it was Ireland as they are in town. When we got down we went to investigate and found out it was Georgia (they may also have been wandering around town yesterday but we would not have recognized one player). Set off in the afternoon for our next destination which is Milford Sound. We are now parked...

Set off early for Queenstown our next stop and we are treating ourselves to a proper campsite with showers, proper toilets and electric. Arrived early afternoon so went for a walk around town which is really lovely all unusual shops, a marina, a green and a beach (it certainly has it all). Ten minutes into our walk and we see some of the Irish squad who we later find out are staying here so we got some pictures. This evening we went out for dinner and then to a f...

We continued our journey down south today and stopped off to see the Fox Glacier on the way (not at all what I expected there were no talking polar bears!) Got to our next campsite about 6 o clock Lake Paringa which is £3 a night each (the first time we have had to pay for a campsite as we have managed to stay at the free ones till now). I did expect more for our £9 but all we got was a cold water tap in the field still no electric and a hole in the floor for a...

Today I paid someone £200 to push me out of an airplane at 13,000 feet. I am still asking myself why but I know the answer, it is because Tasha wanted to do it and she then persuaded Nick to join her; the small child in me could not bear to be left out so I had to join them! We did it over the Abel Tasman National Park which was nice as you could see the sea and the mountains - I will however not be repeating the exercise as I cannot see what all the fuss is abo...