MY BIRTHDAY!!!!! Wanaka, as much as it is a lovely little town, was a bit of a washout. It rained, and rained, and then rained a bit more. Fortunately, we had treated ourselves to a posh campsite, complete with sauna and spa. After our Skydive was cancelled, we decide a lazy day is in order. We did make it to the cinema which had sofas and amazing half time homemade cookies. However, we chose to watch possibly one of the worst films that I have ever seen. Expec...

En-route to Wanaka we stopped at Lake Matheson for a quick porridge break, which turned out to be a morning basking in the sun absorbing the breath taking views of the southern Alps and constructing amusing blogs for your reading pleasure. Finally we dragged ourselves away and were greeted with yet more spectacular scenery, in fact some of the best either of us have ever seen! Jackson Bay was our lunch stop for the day and a 100km detour, the lonely planet had a...