New Zealand - North Island So on Monday 11th May we crossed the Cook Straight and headed to Windy Welly, which indeed it was when we arrived! My head cold was in full working order and Darren had a bad throat. We were both tired and didn’t have the energy to do much upon our arrival. We went up to Victoria Summit which overlooked the entire city and nearly got blown away! Wellington was built on a big fault line and has plenty of movement every year, the parli...

Queenstown, NZ We arrived into QT on Saturday 2nd May and enjoyed one of the best drives around Lake. The scenery was spectacular with overpowering mountains surrounding the entire Wakatipu Lake. We had a leisurely walk around the gardens before meeting up with Zoe for a coffee in town. Zoe, a old school friend of mine who I’ve known since nursery moved out here about 2 years ago and she’s never looked back…and I don’t blame her. QT is most probably on...

New Zealand (South Island) 25th April - 10th May 2009 We’re currently both fighting colds as we travel across the Cook Straight to Wellington (me more than Darren!) So I thought it was a great time to wipe the dust off the laptop and bring it to life with some stories to tell you from the south island! Well where do I start? We have had the busiest 16 days on the south island of NZ, its definitely been an adventure! I don’t think I’m going to have time t...