Well Queenstown was a lot of fun! Where to start...well I guess the beginning! The drive across from Dunedin took us through some more spectacular scenery, as we got closer we became surrounded by snow capped mountains and beautiful lakes. The landscapes here are all so immense, it is hard to keep a perspective on size as everything is huge and there is so much space surrounding everything. Our van chugs along nicely along the winding roads, although it is a goo...

So, New Zealand's capital wasn't up to much (in our estimations) and we hoped the south island would deliver for us! The ferry crossing was excellent. About an hour before we were due to dock in Picton we entered the Marlborough Sounds. They're channels formed by the land sinking below the water level and are surrounded by beautiful green mountains. At one point the ferry was joined by some dolphins, so those who weren't already gazing over the bow, soon were! ...

Howdy Partners! A lot to mention on this one, savour it! When we wrote last we were on our way out of stinky Rotorua! Because of the sulphur...not that we didn't like it there! En route to Taupo we stopped at the Lady Know Geyser for a guaranteed eruption! The tiny volcano-esque geyser spouts hot water high into the air for amazed onlookers every day at 10.15am for about half-an-hour. We stayed for five or ten minutes, but the boiling hot water is gushing ten m...

Hey kids...thought we better update you as the last few days have been a bit busy, and very fun! We left Auckland in a rental car coz we couldn't get a campervan sorted on the day (and in typical style we had nothing booked) but we are going to pick one up in Christchurch in a week or so. For now, we are cruising around in a Toyota Corolla, it feels very small compared to our Brucie in Oz! We had a lovely drive in the sunshine through the very green landscape o...

Howdy Bloggeroonies! Here we are in country number 8 then! New Zealand! We arrived in Auckland last night and having had an ounce of foresight we headed straight to the Base Hostel that we'd already booked! Although we arrived late at night, it didn't feel it because we lost a couple of hours with the time zone-ness. So, we headed out into the Auckland night and took a look around and from what we've seen so far it seems very pleasant! Anywho...to our last d...