So after the long, arduous trek into the Fjordland of NZ, we're back in Queenstown with our tails between our legs. The Milford Sound weather well and truly chewed us up and spat us back out. After spending a couple of days in Te Anau chasing glowworms, avoiding rain showers and sampling the (excellent) venison pies, we headed out on the Milford Road to Milford Sound, reckoned by Sir Ian McKellen (as if one needed any other reccommendation) that it was one of th...

it's official: New Zealand is completely awesome. We arrived in Christchurch on Tuesday after a long journey from Adelaide to Sydney, then Sydney to Christchurch. We arrived late, so cleverly, I had arranged for someone to pick us up and take us to the Thomas Hotel. It was a nice little place, and we slept well (but not enough) and got up for breakfast the next morning. Christchurch is lovely and we had a stonking breakfast before doing a bit of shopping and the...