So, this morning we shockingly left the campsite 'late' (ooooooohhh). They all have checkout times of 10am for some reason even though they're not even busy. Anyway, we filled our water up and left about 10:45. Check us and our rebellious ways! Screw em all I say… Anyway, after flicking a 'V' to the campsite receptionist as we wheel spun out of the park (don't worry I'm joking) we headed out of Te Anau and south towards the township of Bluff. Now, Bluff is to...

So thanks to me we woke early enough the next day to have a shower and breakfast before the trip picked us up at 9:50am…Mark was snoring away when I woke him up, even though he had told me the night before that we wouldn't need to set an alarm because he would wake up!!! Anyway…..we we're both quite apprehensive about the kayak trip, worrying we were going to be taking a swim in Milford Sound rather than observing it! Our guide Tex (real name something more ...

QTOWN 5th Following day we headed straight for Queenstown eager to research the White Water Rafting situation. Basically we weren't sure how much it cost etc and we were wondering whether to leave it and do it in Australia instead. We headed straight for the I-Site and picked up some leaflets to have a look at and then spent an hour or so on the internet doing bits and bobs. We eventually decided that we would leave the rafting till Oz when we would have more ti...

Morning soon broke and we were up with the larks (or Keas in our case!), showered and dressed and down at the guide place by 8:30am! Once there we were kitted out with woollen socks and leather boots (sexy!) and a pair of crampons each we boarded the bus to take us as close to the terminal face of the glacier as possible. Normally the public can walk up to the terminal face, much like at Franz Josef, but due to flood damaged and rock slides the access road was c...

Next morning we thawed ourselves after what was a bitter night and got back on the road towards the first of the two famous Glaciers as you work your way south down the coast, namely, the Franz Josef. The Fox and the Franz Josef glaciers were originally called 'Albert' and Victoria' after originally being 'discovered' by an early english adventurer but were since re-named in honour of more 'deserving' folk. There are also actually around 60 glaciers along the w...