Sorry for the gap in news.... if you check out the photo albums, you'll see how busy we've been! Back in the South Island, the rain finally cleared and we did a hike up Fox Glacier before heading down through tranquil Lake Wanaka to Queenstown, the adrenaline capital of NZ. We watched someone else do a bungy jump (Chicken? Us? You betcha!!), drove to Paradise (oh yes!) and then headed west to stunning Milford Sound in Fjordland National Park. Next we skirt...

So here we are in the land of mountains and fjords, glaciers and volcanos, Hobbiton and Middle Earth, kiwi fruits and kiwi birds, and many, many sheep! It's now the 10th May and we're stilll looking for a hobbit, but we've been having a fantastic time. We bought a sassy 1988 white Ford Telstar in Christchurch, named her Delilah, and have travelled around half of the South Island so far. The scenery has been spectacular, with bright blue skies and autumn le...