Hi everyone, We boarded the bus from Queenstown and because it had been so cold we had snow the night before....well not on the ground but up in the mountains so the drive to kaikoura was lined with snow capped mountains. I started to feel a little bit ill with the sniffles which i probably caught from Lou. The bus journey itself wasn't too bad i found it a little boring though since Lou and Hayley had just gotten new books and they were on a mission I'm sure ...

Hi everyone, The mighty Queenstown is in our sights. We left Wanaka behind but not before visiting puzzle world which is a building full of wacky illusions and puzzles believe it or not. There was this room that just blew your mind, where snooker balls run up the table and water runs up hill and it totally ruins your sense of balance.............mental!! There was also a room with loads of 3D faces and where ever you walked they would look at you. They also ha...

Wanaka We left Franz Joseph behind along with my iphone which I have now realised since there is a 1 week delay in writing the blogs. Useless! It was a mega early departure because we were heading to lake Matheson which i have been looking forward to ever since i seen Katie's photo of it; it's a mirrored lake and if you catch it on a good day you can see the snow capped peaks of mount cook in the background. Lucky for us the forecast was sweet! Lou still wasn't ...

Hi everyone, We boarded the bus and left the Poo pub behind and headed for Franz Joseph. Louise's cold took a turn for the worst, so she just slept on the bus hoping to pull herself together for the Glacier walk which was the main attraction at Franz Joseph. It came to the point in the bus journey where the winner of the Poo pub was announced, all the bus went quiet waiting in anticipation.........and with no further a duethe winners are..........................

Hi everyone, We left Westport behind and headed for the Poo pub or its real name lake Mahinapua. On the way to the infamous Poo pub we stopped off at Tauranga bay where we did a coastal walk which took about 40 minutes, this is where the theme for the fancy dress party was revealed...............BAD TASTE. It was the same theme that Katie had gotten the previous year so we already had some ideas in mind, the only problem was that there is no limits to our bad ta...