Hello, We are in Wanaka, 70 km north of Queenstown (as if this means anything to you..). We are not really supposed to be here, but have been in a camp site since Saturday when the van broke down. We were just passing through and on a hill when I couldn't find 1st gear. We had to reverse the wrong way down and then the wrong way into a car park, to park in a disabled spot. All done in reverse. The AA said we must have hit a stone which put a hole in the gearb...

Hello All, We're now in Queenstown, arrived here this morning after another night of free camping at the side of the road. We even got to try out our solar shower! It was pretty cold but it worked (at least in the sense that it's a bag full of water that you have to pull up a tree, open the tap and stand under). Before that we'd been to Milford Sound in Fiordland which was an absolutely stunning place. Snowcapped mountains, deep valleys, waterfall...

Hello Hope everyone is well. OK, so we are not actually there yet, but are in the gateway to Fjordland which looks very similar. We left Christchurch on the Saturday in our campervan. It's really cool and plenty big enough for two hobbits such as ourselves. We got the keys about 12 and promptly got lost on our way to find the supermarket to stock up on supplies. The main supermarket around is called Woolworths, (similar in style and quality), and we actual...

Hello Happy New Year! Many thanks for the messages and cards we received, it was great to hear from you. We sent replies so hopefully they got through. Here we are in Christchurch. You can't get any further down under than this. The weather is pretty good with bright sunshine but a cool breeze to remind us of England. We are off on our campervan tour tomorrow and have managed to extend our stay to 25 days. Should be good. Spending today having a look arou...

We're now in Sydney but leaving tomorrow. Will have to write more shortly about our Christmas and New Year. Hope everyone has had a great holiday period. Having left Sydney we can now look back and have another moan. It rained practically all the time we were there! Australian weather sucks. We were lucky on New Year's Eve with some good sunshine. We got up early and went down to the park with the intention of getting a good spot to sit and watch the famo...