We set off after our ice explorer hike to a small town called Wanaka. Because we had completed our hike in the morning instead of the previous day we were leaving franz josef a lot later than the driver had hoped so it was quite a speedy drive to Wanaka. We had a few stop offs along the way, one of which was at lake, where on a clear day you can get the reflection of the Mount Cook onto Lake Matheson. Unfortunately for us it was a pretty miserable afternoon so th...

After a messy night at the pub literally as there were leaves cards and bin bags everywhere we made it on the bus slightley drunk/hungover! We made a vital stop at a randem possum musuem but we skipped that part and got a cooked breakfast to feel human again! Lots of travelling later we arrived in Franz Joseph where we are going to do our Glacier hike! The Rainforest Retreat lodge was really nice and we went in the hot tub which was actually too hot to stand for ...

We left Westport early this morning ready to get our costumes sorted for our party later that day! It felt very english this morning as it was chucking it down with rain and I decided to take a short walk to try and see some seals, this ended very badly as I had no waterproof clothes on. So soaking wet clothes and not managing to see any seals at all we were back on the bus and organising what costumes we were going to make. Having stopped off at a place called "...

Our first stop as we arrived in the south island was at Marlborough vineyard all of us were abit hungover still but it was only $2 and we only had 3 sips! But also there was a little fudge shop with free tasters which was so good! Our journey was to Kaiteriteri a beach and tiny 'town'/road near Abel Tasman national park and me Meg Lauren and Bron were staying here for 3 nights for a detox! The south island is so pretty lots of mountains and coastal roads so as we...

The journey to the capital city was long from our lodge in the middle of the valleys and we only had one stop off in a town called Bulls. No idea what it was about but everything, all the shops pubs etc had the word Bull in because this town manufactured bulls that could produce milk too! Random but as i'm learning about new zealand it is pretty random and quiet! We actually drove on the busiest road in NZ to Wellington but it literally was still a quiet road and...