So most of today I have been chilling, but im bored of chilling! So i came up with a dastadly plan to drive over to Queenstown and get my adrenaline pumping :) One problem the weather is forcast snow in a couple of days, not good in an automatic MR2!! Not to be defeated there is a place about an hours drive from where I am in Mandeville called Hamner Springs, So its time to get my extreme sports head on and spend some money. After I enquire tommorow I intend to ...

Ok, so Im back, pictures are uploaded from today's venture and im ready to write. First of all let me start up this entry with the write up on last nights cooking, courtesy of Jan. Last nights meal was a completely unexplainable, fine piece of hand-prepared cook work. The sumptuous banquet of flavours spoke magnificence, I was astounded what effect the flavours were having upon my well-trained pallette. For starters we enjoyed a dozen elegant prawn twists, so l...

Hello Everyone :) Off whale watching today therefore up bright and early! coming up to 7am here, was up at 6am! gettin a picture of the stunning morning view. Yesterday saw everyone here gettin down and dirty, me and Jan varnished the new fences and dad got involved and mowed the monstrous lawn on the beasty driveable mower. Got to say the light here is perfect for taking some absoloutley loveable photo's, all i need now is a tripod and external flash when ligh...

Titled: The Self-Titled Idiot Face Ok so it is now nearing a week here in New Zealand! might I say its only going to get better, but first: Today i had the outright priveledge to drive a Mercedes SLR, the kind of thing that dreams are manufactured from. Well im going to be honest, i only went and drove into a wall! heres my three paragraphs of shame explaining the idiocy of what i did! Ok so ever since the incident which occured at approximatley 1.34pm GMT th...

So Im getting nice and settled here in NZ and have been getting on with lots and lots, more than i thought i would! Last Night we indulged in a prawn stir fry complete with peanut sauce, might i say a few things about my dad's cooking. Well for starters it is utterley wonderous and it fills the room with butterfly's. the aroma that is created from the violent - yet subtle blend of mild and spicy ingredients brings a full fronted bodysome taste which brings joy t...