We took the interislander from Wellington to Picton on the south island and it was exciting coz it felt like we were going to another country. When we arrived on the South island, it was like we were in another country. The scenery was really different with beautiful snow capped mountains and rolling hills surrounding us for the entire journey to our first destination, Kaikoura. We had planned to go whale watching in Kaikoura but the weather was too bad so t...

Hope things are good back home for everyone. Well, as Hannah has probably already told you in her last postcard, we have now left the warm climate of Oz & we are now in the FREEZING Country of New Zealand. I think the first thing that struck us flying into New Zealand was the scenery. We came flying in & the whole place just looked like a scene from Lord Of The Rings (more about that later.....), there were clear lakes, rolling green hills & then huge snow ...