Firstly can I say thank you for all your remarks re my recent blog, especially to Peters PS. This is a warning to all visitors to N.Z. KEEP TO THE SPEED LIMITS! with love, Judi!!!! Or as my gorgegous kids would say, Regards Colin!!!!Ok! Queenstown! .Adrenalin capital of the world is the self-styled title they have. The choices are great. Bungees, Para-gliding, Para-sending, Jet river boats, Cable Car ride that goes up almost vertical, (Yes we did that! Well you ...

Ok, so its summer in New Zealand. Yes its even summer in South Island, New Zealand and I would go as far as saying its mid summer in Te Anau in Fiordland, South Island, New Zealand that is exactly where we are. SO what is SNOW doing on the tops of the mountains? Why is it 10 degrees? Why do the locals all complain that this is the coldest summer on record?They are confused, so are we! But we are here to do the daytrip to Doubtful Sound. A Fjiord that we were told...

19th January arrived and we had to say goodbye to Australia (for the time being) we had loved every minute, but were looking forward to New Zealand.I guess it was our turn to hit problems, our trip up to then had been worry free. So on arriving at Brisbane Airport not only did Virgin have a problem with our booked seats, they also informed us our flight had been delayed yet again meaning we would arrive in Christchurch at past 3 am when it would be far too late ...

So here we are in Brisbane, beautiful, barmy, blissful Brisbane.Its halfway through our trip, we cant believe how long it is since we left Teignmouth and how many fabulous sights weve seen and the superb memories we've captured along the way.I guess major highlights have been swimming and a bar b que on Christmas day. Walking The Sydney Harbour bridge was memorable, going 'to the races' at Meydan, Dubai will always now be the horse racing yard stick ...

Peter and I arrived into Cairns airport from Hamilton Island and it was raining, warm rain, 30 degrees C but rain, the cab driver said it was the Wet season a bit early, it rained all day, we visited the Esplanade, the pier, the sea, It Rained! But with brollies and Cagoules we coped. On Monday we headed off up to see Kuranda by rail, its a railway built in late 1800's up a mountain range - it rained - after a very interesting hour and a half journey we walke...