On our last day in Rotarua, we chilled out at a gorgeous spa which had about seven natural hot pools. They were all outside where you could overlook Rotarua's lake. It was absolutely amazing!!! It's hard work all this travelling. The morning before we left Rotarua, we went zorbing. For those of you who don't have a clue what that is...it basically involves a big plastic ball filled with water and a big steep hill. Yep, two of you literally climb inside a huge ...

One skydive later and I am still alive! And....it was sooooooooooooooooooooooo goood! We were so lucky to be able to do it as well because we called them up in the morning and because of the clouds they told us that it had been cancelled and we would have to wait till later, and fortunately the sun came out! We got all kitted up in our gear making us all look like mechanics and it wasn't long before we were on the tiniest pink plane I have ever seen!! The ride u...

Kaikoura has to be one of the highlights of my trip!! We went swimming with dolphins there which was absolutely amazing!!! We were literally within a couple of feet from them! A whole pod of dolphins swam underneath me at one point! There must have been about 100 dolphins in the same area! What an amazing thing for us to do! I absolutely loved it! I also went whale watching and got to see two 18m sperm whales! It was awesome! watching them dive down was fantas...

Hey...me again! So we reached Te Anau which is a tiny little town about two hours from queenstown with about three hostels, a supermarket and a few cafes. People basically come here to take a day trip to the famour milford sound. We made the most of being here by going on a tour to the glowworm caves the first night we got there. They took us out on a big catermaran through the fjordland to where the glowworm caves were. we were surrounded by over 50's (not that...

Well we have reached New Zealand now and have been here for about a week and I already love it! It's such a beautiful country!! A wee bit colder than oz but the stunning scenery makes up for it. We flew into Christchurch and stayed there for about 3 days. we met up with a couple of friends that we had met on our whitsundays boat in Oz and went on the city tour tram and to the botanical gardens with them which were gorgeous. It was really good to see them again!Ch...