19/12-08 The last days on the south Island! Queenstown-Mt.Cook: It was with a heavy heart that we left Queenstown on Wednesday- we both really enjoyed ourselves there with the incredible beautiful scenery and tranquil atmosphere. After leaving Queenstown we started to head north towards Mt. Cook, and arrived in the late afternoon. Before setting up camp for the evening we drove into the Tasman Valley, and walked for 30 minutes to reach the lookout point for the...

15/12-08 First adventures from New Zealand! Christchurch to Abel Tasman National Park: We arrived 10. December in Christchurch, and spent the day just walking around and eating a fabulous dinner at Dux de Lux, I really recommend it!!! The following day we picked up our rental camper van from Spaceships, which is a Toyota Lucida pimped so you can camp with it. The car contains all the equipment you need for camping, including a cooker, utensils, table & cha...

9/12-08 SYDNEY! We arrived in Sydney early Monday morning, and lucklily got a bed straight away at the hostel. We spent the last day in Perth at Rottnest Island, and we had a fantastic day although it was a bit windy! Saw a lot of quokkas around (see photos), they are funny animals!!! We only had 3 hours on the island, so we biked around a lot to see everything we wanted and spent half an hour at Pinkie Beach before taking the boat back to Freo. Had a lovely f...

6/12-08 Perth city, Cottesloe and Zoo! We are still living the tourist life here in Perth, today Severin even got a "welcome to our country" greeting from an aboriginal in Northbridge. Haha!Been doing some more sightseeing the last days, together with the manditory visits to Cottesloe beach to work on our sunburns. Up until now I have had most sucess, and can show off 100 new freckles and a nasty flaky burn in my forehead! Nice! Poor Severin has be...

6/12-08 Perth city, Cottesloe and Zoo! We are still living the tourist life here in Perth, today Severin even got a "welcome to our country" greeting from an aboriginal in Northbridge. Haha!Been doing some more sightseeing the last days, together with the manditory visits to Cottesloe beach to work on our sunburns. Up until now I have had most sucess, and can show off 100 new freckles and a nasty flaky burn in my forehead! Nice! Poor Severin has be...