Dear All Well we had a fun packed last week in New Zealand. Which we spent in the North Island. We flew into Wellington, were we stayed for two nights so that we could visit the dentist. (My front cap fell out you can imagine how much fun I was -Fee) Just before we go on and tell you all about the North Island - we just missed an earthquake in the South Island!! While in Wellington we did the Museum of New Zealand history which was fantastic. We...

Hi Everyone Well we are here in the North Island now, but we wanted to finish off telling you about our last week in the South Island. Once we left Wanaka we drove North to the mountain ranges that includes Mount Cook. We had booked to stay in the 5* Youth Hostel, in a place called Franz Joseph. Which is famous for having one of the few Glaciers that is still advancing. That afternoon we walked to the face of the glacier. The following morning we were up...

Hi Guys, Far too busy enjoying ourselves to email..... Queenstown seems the centre of the universe for most backpackers travelling around the South Island. It was a bit too busy for us!! However the lakes and mountains there were beautiful. We went up on the gondola (walking up the mountain was just not going to happen) and Fiona went 'lunging' at the top. No this is not a form of fighting but a down hill track on a cross between a go-kart and and s...

Hi Everyoone Well we finally managed to land in New Zeland after a 4.75 hour delay. We also found out that we had arrived in New Zealand - South Island in there busiest Tourist time. So we had a long search to try and find a car...... and an endlest search trying to find accommodation as we flit around. We landed in Christchurch in time to grab dinner and go to bed. Once we had tracked down a car we headed off to Omarau -This is where the penguins live!! T...