Hi guys, following yesterdays journal we headed onward to Franz Josef and booked up to trek the glacier here. Unfortunately we couldnt get onto the 10:30am trip so we had to make do with another early start and book onto the 7:30am one. The glacier that we ended up visiting is the Franz Josef glacier and is one of only two glaciers in the world currently advancing - at around 0.05mm a day. The climate here is the main reason behind this as it rains as often as...

A big warm welcome to you all from the land of the kiwi, lambs and all things black. Yes, we have arrived in New Zealand. As we will be travelling around New Zealand over the next 12 days we have decided to do a few short journals of where we are and what were up to, so you are all up-to-date! As our phone is an Australian mobile it doesnt work out here so obviously we cant accept any messages or phone calls - sorry guys! We landed in Christchurch and within f...