Had a great time in Queenstown, played frisbee golf in Queenstown gardens and enjoying the sunshine in the park. spent the evenings enjoying the nightlife, and the last night was a big one with cocktails out of teapots at world bar and a 4am big al fergburger! the biggest burger, i couldn't even fit it in my mouth! waking up at 7am for the bus was such fun, and after exploring dunedin, a university town with some intersting architecture and a great train station...

Arrived in Queenstown now after a lovely holiday in Lake Wanaka. Spent my days sitting round the fire doing nothing, and watching movies ont he big screen! Stopped on the way to Queenstown to watch some bungy jumpers but managed to resist! Queenstown is nice, there are lots of shops but im doing well. Went out last night to the famous fergburger, a great burger place that does massive burgers! we went on to a pub for happy hour and drunk beer out of tankards!...

Left Nelson for Greymouth and after an epic journey from 7.30am to 5pm we finally arrived! checked into the hostel and went straight down to the brewery tour at Monteiths. The tour was good but everyuone seemed much happier when we got into the tasting room! we tried all 7 different beers that they make including a black beer and then had half an hour to pur and drink as much as we wanted. Being backpackers, we felt we must take full advantage of this! We wen...

Well, a lot has happened since last update! My second day in Taupo i woke up aching a lot, but managed to get the enrgy to climb on board a plane, and fly 15,000 ft in the air! The plane was tiny, and every little bit of turbulation made it go wild! when we were 10,000 ft above the clouds, i had to sit with my feet hanging out the plane, and a guy named karl strapped to my back and suddenly i was flying! 60 seconds of freefall, falling 10,000 ft and then with a j...

Due to the ridiculous laws in this country our easter sunday beer turned into an easter coke, as you can only drink with the purchase of a main meal anywhere in the country! played a few card games and went crazy with our soft drinks! Easter monday started at a ridiculous time, and we were on the coach by 6.15am heading to Tongariro national park. We arrived and it was freezing even with all the jumpers and hat i had brought! The walk started off easy with l...