Hey All We left Picton early evening on Saturday by ferry to the North Island. Apparently its supposed to be one of the most scenic crossings in the world, but it was raining with low cloud so we didn't see much. Three hours later we arrived in Wellington, it was still raining and dark by now so we headed to the nearest campsite and crashed out. Sunday morning dawned and it was a lovely sunny day so we drove back into Wellington to have a look around....

Kia Ora, On Thursday morning Pete went jet boating through the Shotover Canyons. Hol didn't fancy it much though so took a rain check and made progress uploading some photo's instead. The Jetboating was ace, spins within the canyons and flying past rocks with only inches to spare. The river was snow melt so very cold and quite fast flowing but shallow. Some of the shallow parts didn't seem deep enough for a kayak let alone a powerful boat with 12 people on! I...

Hi Followers, On Friday we had a mooch around Dunedin town centre although there wasn't heaps to see so we headed in the direction of Lanarch Castle. When we arrived we were fairly disappointed as it looked more like a stately home so we gave it a rain check and hit the southern scenic highway. We made our way along stopping at points to view the local area. We drove down several gravel roads and stopped at Nugget Point to see a lighthouse where there w...

Hey all, We got up super early on Sunday morning and grabbed a taxi to Sydney airport. We passed some time at the airport before our flight then jumped on the plane to New Zealand. The flight went really fast and we arrived at Christchurch mid afternoon. After clearing customs and quarantine to stop us bringing muddy shoes and bugs into the country we went to collect our new orange home. We were quite lucky as we'd been upgraded to a hybrid engine spaceship whic...