Wanaka days 7,8,9: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: Working in the Vineyards.We had to meet at between 6.50 and 7.15 everyday wrapped up in lots and lots of layers. We got in the correct Van which had about 8 other people in it. First day was the worst ice cold and back breaking work, as the vineyards are all covered in white nets and they were really low so you had to crouch whilst you cut the grapes off. Your hands got really stickey and the buckets were really he...

Wanaka day 6: 5th May: Mondayoooooooh Chelsey you must be moving into my house today! Good luck Sis, i'm sure you'll love it!First we went and FINALLY bought mike some sunglasses. He got some Oakley Gascans a dark purple colour for $170 we asked for discount but they wouldnt budge. I think that is about £65 so still not bad for Oakleys! Then we conquered Mount Iron, took us 1 hour 30mins including stopping time at the top to eat our Mars Rocks! We did this i...

2nd May continued......We ended up going to Queenstown, we set off and had hardley any petrol, and was driving for ages worried as we had no-one to contact if we broke down. We finally came to a town called Arrow town, and it had no petrol station - Weired. Some towns dont have petrol stations how strange? Anyway the next town was Frankton so we filled up there, cost us $95 which shows how low we were I think it usually fills up at $80. We drove down to Queenstow...

Christchurch to Wanaka: 30th April: WednesdayWe picked up our car and went and bought a camera pink Olympus one which you can drop and shake and get wet and it wont break, 8 mega pixel. I told the guy that we had seen it for $399 down the road (it was $499 in the shop) and he gave it us for $399 great, a saving of $100! So we set off on our road trip to Wanaka from Christchurch which takes 5 hours! Fantastic journey the most amazin scenery you could ever ever see...

25th April 2008 - 30th April 2008Getting to NZ:Ok it is Tuesday 30th April at 2.30am here in Christchurch. I'l start with the very beginning of the trip at Terminal 5 in London. Gorgeous airport, BA are brilliant. We went to the Giraffe Cafe and who did we see? Only Maxi Jazz the main guy from Faithless! Mike really wanted to get his pic taken but was too embarressed so I went straight up to him and asked him myself. Brilliant start to the holiday. Bought some Ma...