Yesterday was an early start because the bus picked us up at 7.30am and we headed to Fox, another town nestled next to a glacier. From there we stopped at lake Matheson, also known as the 'Mirror Lake' due to the fact that the lake reflects the Southern Alps. It was lovely to walk round a bit of it and take some photo's from the viewpoint. The next stop was Knights Point, we also stopped at a waterfall which if you stared at it for 30secs and then looked to the l...

We're in lovely Franz Josef now and Jem's doing a blog about the wineries we've been to while we have spare time! Our last day in Wellington, last Wednesday, was a great day and it's made us absolutely love this city. We got up early and walked along the the harbour's 'Writers Walk' reading random writers quotes along the way. We were so lucky because the sun was shining and we, fortunately, didn't get the usual 'windy welly' weather! Found a cool wine shop call...

Hello everyone, Although we are now in New Zealand, i'm writing a back dated blogg of our Tours of the Wine regions of Australia. One of the main reasons for this epic journey was to see as many Wine regions in the world as the budget would allow and as many as the Liver could handle. Currently to date, we have tasted approx 400-500 different wines not all at once and not together. We have been so far to the following areas; France; Loire,Burgundy,Rhone,Langue...

Sorry about that, were was I........ We went to bed fairly early on Saturday night and were all up at 5.30am on Sunday ready for our day of trekking (or tramping as the kiwi's call it!) along the Tongariro Crossing, apparently the best one day walk in New Zealand. You trek across the Tongariro National Park, with its mighty active volcanoes, which is one of New Zealands most spectacular parks. So at 6.15am, the hot bus shuttle, picked up Jem and I with our mates...

Hi, well we're been in New Zealand for just over a week now and we've had a fantastic time. If you've never been to the beautiful country then get over here because it's great. We caught our very first Magic bus last Wednesday to Waitomo and then Rotorua. Our driver, Dusty, was a bit of a character and kept on saying 'sweet as', apparently a kiwi thing, after EVERY sentence! Our first stop was Mount Eden (Maungawhau) for the best view of Auckland. At 196m, it's ...