Next morning we left early for the bus to Kaikoura, a stop off on the way up to the North Island. We arrived, had breakfast and bumped into the 2 couples we had previosuly met on the Tranz-Alpine Railway. They were interested to hear what we had been doing, they had been doing pretty much the same sort of thing, although they had got a helicopter over the glaciers!!!!! We then walked to the campsite 5 minutes out of town and pitched the tent. I did some washi...

Next day we left early on the bus to go to Lake Tekapo. There was a bit of confusion with the buses - we booked online the day before and it said the journey would take almost 8 hours, which we thought was a long time but didn't think any more of it. Next morning the bus to Christchurch via Tekapo arrived and we weren't on the list which we thought was strange but the driver thought it might be because we didn't book until late the night before so he put us on hi...

We arrived in Queenstown mid-afternoon and as it was raining we decided to cut our loses and stay in a hostel here in an effort to dry our stuff off!!! We checked into our hostel and walked back into town where we went to the Tourist Information (i site) where we enquired about trips to Milford Sounds/Doubtful Sounds. After going away and thinking about it we decided to bite the bullet and book the priciest trip as it was the most recommended for reasons I'm sure...

We were dropped off right outside the campsite and we set up camp. We walked into the town (about 5 minutes walk) and booked a tour of the glacier for the following day. We went to get everything ready for dinner back at the campsite and then Karl realised he left a bag with most of the food in on the coach as well as his hoody so he wasn't best pleased!!! Sam and Karl went back to buy replacements while I attempted to phone home. When they got back we cooked...

Firstly, if any of you pay attention to the timezone (above) we are actually 13hours ahead. Ok, so we arrived into Christchurch and spent nearly 2 hours in the airport due to having our bags searched in customs. Like Australia, New Zealand is really strict about what you bring into the country - especially from Australia, as I have heard snakes and spiders found here have been bought from Australia!!! So, as we had a tent that we used along the Great Ocean Roa...