30/11/06 - I didn't want to leave Honeysuckle House this morning! I had had the best night's sleep for ages!  The drive to Picton was lovely, weather was quite nice, hopefully it will stay that way for the 3 hour journey on the ferry to Wellington!  Got to Picton early, around 11.45am, so had some lunch at a nice cafe, then went to check in at the vehicle gate for the Interislander ferry.  This process was sooooo easy, drove on fine, up a f...

24/11/06 - Drove to Lake Tekapo and WOW, WOW, WOW!  What a beautiful peaceful place!  I checked into Lakefront Lodge and my room was in a unit with 3 other rooms, with a lounge and a kitchen and a toilet and shower room.  It was just lovely.  You opened the sliding patio doors onto a verandah and there was Lake Tekapo right infront of you!  I walked along the lake into the village centre, the water is such a beautiful torquoise colour, ca...

20/11/06 - Got picked up at 8.20am for my day trip out to the Fiordlands and Milford Sound.  Yet another great group, including 4 Americans, Jack and Marie and Christine and Jack's brother (who's name I just didn't catch all day!).  Our driver/guide, Eric and then later on Alan were great.  It was quite a journey to get out there, around 4 hours in all, but we stopped a few times including a bird/wildlife park, where I saw my first bird...

16/11/06 - Stayed at a place called 'Neptunes' in Greymouth last night and it was lovely.  It was an old wooden building, but Kat and Craig, had made it very homely.  There was a nautical theme in all the rooms and they were very friendly.  It was sad to have to leave them.  I checked out with Craig and as I was getting into my car, Kat leaned out of one of the bedroom windows and shouted 'Byeeeee Emma', it was lovely, even tho...

11/11/06 - I had a look around Christchurch briefly yesterday afternoon after checking in. It is a lovely place. It reminds me of Stratford, the river is even called Avon! I had a lie in today and after breakfast headed out to have another closer look at the town centre. I sat by the river for a while soaking up the sun, until it started to get a bit windy, when I headed back up the street. I sat and updated my journal for a while, only to discover there was no &...