New Zealand - Franz Joseph and Wanaka After our first night in the campervan car park in Franz (that said 'No overnight parking'), we continued to stay there another night (rebels), did the Franz Joseph glacia tour, had a night on the beers in Franz, drove down to Wanaka where we visited the mind boggling 'Puzzling World' and drove the rest of the way to Queenstown where we found somewhere to stay (after 8 failed attempts at hostels.....bloody school holidays!)....

Kaikoura, Hamner Springs and Pancake Rocks Our next stop on the south island tour was Kaikoura to go dolphin swimming in the lovely warm sea, we then went to Hamner Springs to warm up in the hot pools, next we stopped of at the pancake rocks on the way to Franz Joseph! Kaikoura - It took us about 5 hours to get to Kaikoura from Murchinson. On the way we had an interesting experience attempting to get past a herd of sheep that were just wandering down the main r...

South Island - Picton, Abel Tasmin and Murchison We touched down in the South Island on July 15th and over our first 3 days there; managed to plan our whole South island trip including a mini timeline (showing off Hannahs organisation skills); drove to Abel Tasmin national park and spent a day kayaking around; had our coldest night of the campaign and visited Murchison where we did our first walk (if you can call it that!) and crossed a 110m long rope bridge! ...

New Zealand - Taupo and Wellington After the fun and games at the caves and gysers we headed about an hour south to Taupo which is where Tommy and Rosie did their bungy! We did no such thing because being dipped in the freezing lake wasnt sounding like a good plan, so instead we had a go at the golf hole in one challenge at the lake to showcase our skills, went to see Huka Falls and had a nice view of Lake Taupo from a little town called Acacia Bay. After Taupo ...

Waitamo Caves and Rotorua Over the last 2 days we have slept in a couple of car parks, abseiled down a load of dark underground caves with waterfalls thrown in there just to make it a bit harder, been to a Mauri evening and done some on stage dancing, seen some geothermal activity with gysers popping their tops and chilled out in a geothermally heated hot pool resort. Heres how it all went down... 1. Waitamo Caves - We had the choice of 2 tours: Tuma Tubing - i...