Hi everyone, Monday was a full on driving day, we drove from Kapitea Ridge Lodge which was on the west coast all the way across the island to Kaikora on the east coast. We left the lodge at about 10am and didn't get to the Hapuka lodge until 4pm. Dad and I shared the drive over. We stopped in Hammer Springs for lunch, which was very plesant and the weather was warm and sunny. The drive across country wasn't as stunning as some of the other drives we have done...

Hi everyone, So after we had totally exhasted ourselves climbing the glacier the afternoon was spent driving further north up the west coast to Kapitea Lodge, where we were to stay the night. The lodge was in the middle of nowhere just assed Hokita and before Greymouth. The lodge was lovely, very small with only 7 rooms and it was run by a south african couple who made us feel very welcome. I had the sunset room - all yellow and mum and dad had the tasman roo...

Hi everyone, Saturday was another early start as we had a long drive to do from Queenstown down to Franz Josef, 299km in total. The weather had turned over night and as a result we had to pack the car in the pouring rain. Basically the whole day was driving. First off we drove out of Queenstown and up to Arthur's lookout, where you got some amazing views of the valley. Then we continued over the Crown Pass which went over the Pisa Range. Came down into Wanaka ...

Hi everyone. Things didn't really get any better for us on day 2 of New Zealand. Got up early on Friday and had breakfast then we were waiting to be picked up for our Milford Sounds trip and we got a phone call to say that it had been cancelled due to bad weather! There was a possibility we might be able to go in the afternoon but we wouldn't know until 1pm when they got the weather report. We decided to take the bikes out and go around the cycle track that r...

Hi everyone, We have made it to NZ. Left Lizard Island on Wednesday and travelled down to Sydney. Stayed overnight in Sydney and then caught a Quantas flight to Christchurch Thursday morning. It was much more pleasent travelling in Business Class! We were all singing Quanta's praises until they cancelled our connecting flight from Christchurch to Queenstown! We had several options, one a 7 hour bus to Queenstown, two fly to Invercargill and then a 2 hour bus to...