So here i am in Oz! Can't quite believe im here when i think about eveything i have already done! I flew from Christchurch to Brisbane, Dads cousin Rosemary and her daughter Maia met me at the airport. Brisbane is really nice, its about 20c at the moment. Its quite a large city but it doesnt feel like it. I had planned to look ofr some work to top up my funds for the rest of my trip so i updated by CV and headed out with them pretty much straight away. Didn't hav...

We left Queenstown in convoy with Liz and Max as they were heading back to Christchurch too, to end thier trip but slightly earlier than us. Al and i and thought about stopping off at Mount Cook, or Lake Tekapo but there had been some bad weather and snow in those areas so we decided to head straight fo Ch.ch. We had to do a detour anyway because lindis pass, the road we were taking was closed ao we had to head east more than we planned. It was cool though but we...

We left Wanaka about midday, and headed for Queenstown. Once we got just outside Queenstown we stopped at the bungy site,which was the first ever bungy. Saw a few people jump, didnt seem that high to me but it was far too cold to do it! (Thats my excuse anyway!) So yes by now it wasnt just chilly it was cold being in the south. We also stopped in Arrowtown which is a small gold mining town which is still working and looks original.. it was really cute and pretty ...

We had to stop over for the night in Lake Hawea because it got dark before we had reached Wanaka/ a campsite for the night! We were also very low on petrol (schoolboy error!) so we pulled up outside a pub and told them our situation and the nice lady said we could park round the back free of charge so thats what we did. Cold, but free! Next day we literally rolled down the hill to the petrol station then it was off to Wanaka! Wanakas lovely, fairly small but big...

From Abel Tasman we drove to Punakaiki, our aim was Franz Josef but it was dark and we had a bit to go... we also wanted to see the pancacke rocks! These are so cool, loads of completley flat rocks lying on top of one another, theres so many of then! Its amazing to see with the huge coastline behind it. Theres also the blowholes there too. From there we made it to Franz Josef the next day. This was where were to do the Glacier Hike! I managed to persuade al to ...