Next stop from Queenstown was Wanaka. The journey was an easy one, but very impressive with once again awesome scenery. I dont think we could ever get bored of the snow mountains. Again a lovely little place with a huge lake and mountain views, the scenery we are seeing here is just amazing, really hard to put into words how beautiful places are. We took some photo's and came across a group of wierdo's who dedided to go for a paddle in minus degrees! We then went...

After a bout of constant rain we were licky enough to have some sunshine on the ferry crossing from North Island to South Island. The scenery was great as we had our first taste of snow mountains. Once in Picton we went to the information office and collected all the info we could on Doc camp sites as they are either free or cheap and then headed to the nearest Doc. The next morning we woke up to a very cold morning. There was ice on both the inside and the outi...

We arrived in Aukland airport at midnight so had to spend the night there before we could pick ip our van forst thing the next morning. When we arrived it was raining heavily and this rain didn't stop all night or the next day. we got ourselved to the depot of Exploremore and picked up our camper. It is a Merceded Sprinter so Matthew named him Linford. He is a lot bigger than Freddie, a lot more water tight which is needed and a lot more storage. We also got a DV...

Week 12 After spending 3 weeks in Queensland going at a lot slower pace than we had over the last 2 months, we had to pick up the pace again to get to Sydney to give us enough time to clean the van, pack and sightsee. We did allow ourselves time to stop at Harvey Bay for 2 nights to see if we coulg go on a Whale watching tour. We knew that it was the beginning of the season and that they were just arriving in Harvey bay for a rest in their migration pattern, but...

After the Great barrier reef experience the first thing we wanted to do was get out of Cairns. It is not the fact we did'nt like Cairns, it is very beautiful and all that, but we just don't seem to enjoy cities speed of life anymore, maybe it's because we have been to so many over the last 9 months. Anyway a visit to Queensland is not really complete unless you go and see where our Yorkshire Hero Captain James Cook came to shore in 1770, so we headed upto Cape ...