Hello everyone, Please ignore the activity category that i have selected for this update because it is completly incorrect- the only walking we have participated in is the kind to the bakeries (there are lots in Nelson with good pies!) and back, oh and the picture is also incorrect because we havent got enought time to visist Milford Sound!!! But anyway! We are currently in Nelson, we arrived two nights ago and decided we would have a lazy time here as ...

Hello! We now find ourselves a little further North in Marahau which is the gateway to Abel Tasman National Park, the smallest of all National Parks in New Zealand. Strangely enough we're told it is also the busiest, very popular with Kiwi's apparently. Marahau is tiny, has one shop and not a lot else. We are staying on a campsite right besides the beach. All we can hear is the waves lapping the beach and the birds singing. They sing all night here whic...

Hello! We drove for eight hours solidly to get from the west to the east coast. I don't recommend it, not much fun! We drove through the mountains again though which would have been stunning had it not rained all day again! Anyway Kaikoura got sunnier and warmer luckily and the morning after we arrived we managed to get on a whale watching tour at 10am. The captain assured us that the sea had not been that calm for over a week and that sea sickness w...

Hello everybody, We are currently in Franz Josef Glacier- the second of our two glaicer visits in New Zealand. When we left you last we had half a day left in Fox Glacier. We went out the evening after our glacier climb and rewarded ourselves with burgers that had the best chutney like sauce in them, the burgers themselves were the size of our heads- a perfect reward! After a good nights sleep- helped along with some beer- we decided to do a hike d...

Well here we are...although what we saw today didn't look an awful lot like the picture here. I got some cracking shots so will put those online (along with others already on there if you'd given up checking!) as soon as we can. Anyway I think there is a little more to mention about Wanaka before we get too ahead of ourselves and miss any details. On our last day it finally stopped raining which we were very grateful for. Apparently the weather around t...