Well this place really does like to change weather over a few km's!!! We were in Hamner Springs in the middle of the South Island all day yesterday and it was baking hot as we swam around in the hot geothermal pools all afternoon, followed by a lovely supper and a Lord of the Rings session (including getting excited at all of the places we have been to!!!). The trend continued as we awoke early this morning to clear blue skies and beautiful tropical temperatu...

Hi again from the travellers in Kiwi land. unfortunately, we are sorry to inform our avid readers that will just be a quick entry as we do not have much time - we are desperately trying to copy our photos to cd as they are getting a little bit out of hand at the moment.A brief rundown of our last few days - after Queenstown we headed to a little village called Te Anau (used as a base to go to Milford Sound) which was pretty but a bit weird (stupid old ppl looking...

Ok all so we are in Queenstown now and the weather has taken a nother turn - this time for the good!! the last 2 days have been bright blue sky, and at least 30 degrees!! Probably one of the contributing factors to me jumping off a bridge on the way in to Queenstown!!! More of that later.We set off after our fun but very cold time in Dunedin on our 300 km trek in our trusty streed - Sunny D. The drive was lovely - we passed through this huge area of Otago where t...

Hello again from Dunedin (gaelic for Edinburgh) a Scottish city in the south of the south island where it is very cold (apparently not always like this) and grey!! But on the up side we have just come from ta tour of Speights Brewery - the most popular beer in NZ!!! After a good few samples of their products we are feeling very happy and suddenly the cold has gone (or is the beer jackets that have just appeared??) as has lunhc - a lovely chicken sandwich ( a majo...

So we have landed in New Zealand all safe and sound - well kind of!! We had a bit of a mad night on our last night in Oz - may have got a little bit drunk and partyed all afternoon with Jess a guy we met on safari - going to local bbq's and dancing around Julie's (Jess' girlfriend) flat whilst polishing off some fine australian beer - followed by our first night in Christchurch spent in jail!!!! aaahhhhh pretty scary!!!I will begin on saturday. We wer...