Well we were stuck with a dilemma. A cyclone was due to hit Fiji, some flights had been delayed, others cancelled. We waited right until the day we were supposed to leave and after hearing that our flight was delayed by 7 hours, the tour company our island hopping pass was through had closed for the next few days and would be unreachable, topped off by people being killed we decided we weren't going to go. We were getting contradicting advise from people, some ...

The ferry arrived at silly o´clock in the morning so we drove just outside of Wellington and snook into the campsite we stayed at on the way down. We thought we might be trying our luck by hitting the same one again so we got up early and left pretty sharpish so we didn't get caught. We headed north and stopped in Taihape where we decided to try calling in at Ron and Alli´s again, this time we were in luck! Ron was away and the kids were at school but Alli was...

We left Queenstown and started the 8 hour drive up the West Coast to Franz Josef, a nice drive but a sleepy one! The next morning we were up early to start our glacier walk.As we were getting kitted up with the lovely attire, we were offered some waterproof pants that surprisingly very few people took. They soon regretted this though as up on the glacier it got cold, especially when we were sat round for lunch.. no wet bums for us, ha ha! We had to put ourselv...

We arrived in Queenstown at teatime and were very excited as this is where we've been told is the party place of New Zealand! Because of this we decided to book all our activities for the following day so we wouldnt have to get up early another day. After picking a place to park for the night we went to bed, resisting going out and ready for our 6.45am start. Well, when we woke up we were freezing!! So, all wrapped up we set off to the shop to sign up for our act...

We made a big name sign to meet Aimee at the airport but while we were waiting we noticed a group of people with loads of balloons, face paint and looking very excited. We instantly thought a celebrity would be landing, but after speaking to them we found out it was the local rugby team flying back from Bangkok with a tournament trophy. Although not as exciting, the offer of staying around for the celebration party with the young, single (and good looking) play...