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...

Hi All On Wednesday morning we got up and headed to the airport for our early morning flight (0830) to Sydney. It was a short 1hr 20min flight, which seemed mad to us as we had just driven from the outskirts of Sydney to Adelaide over nearly 2 weeks! When we arrived we jumped on a shuttle bus to our hotel in Sydney. Keen to make the most of the day we dumped our bags, freshened up and went out for a wander around the city. We were staying in between Chinatown ...

Hi All, We crossed the border into South Australia on Friday afternoon, after we surrendered our fruit and veg at the quarantine line. It's an odd concept that you can't take fruit across a state-line within a country, but we opted to obey the rules as knowing our luck we'd be spot checked and fined! Plus driving a bright orange van with 'spaceships' written all over it highlights the fact that we're foreign! We drove through lush pine plantations to Mount Ga...