Lewis, Abel and Nelson James and I left the next day feeling sad but Lewis Pass had some great views and we stopped at Mahuia springs for a soak to cheer ourselves up. We decided that Lewis Pass was our favourite of all the passes due to the beautiful views and the short but scenic walks available. We got to Abel Tasman and the next day we were off on our kayaking trip. The wind was quite strong so we had a tough job getting out of the bay. Luckily I am a su...

Farewell Christchurch We were back for the last time (this trip) to the church of Christ and would be making the most of seeing Rob, Kiwi, Math, Elle, Cory and the girls. We arrived on Valentine's day and Becky had a lovely bunch of flowers waiting for her on the doorstep, James bought me a Moro bar (the equivalent of a boost chocolate bar!). It was good to see Kiwi and the girls again and we caught up on what we had been up to. We managed to skype a few peo...

After some advice from the ever wise Kiwi we headed back to CC (again!) via Arthurs Pass, on the promise that we will head back up North via Lewis Pass. Arthurs Pass was pretty spectacular but we will hold judgement on our best pass until we see them all. We did a few more walks and settled down for the evening to rest up ready for embarking on a long 6 hour walk tomorrow. After a slight delay on directions to the walk we got going and set a good pace with en...

We were heading up to the west coast where we had planned to stay in a lot of DOC camp sites. I will be completing another page dedicated to our DOC experiences so no more about them for now. We had another great drive through Haast pass with a few stops for some mini walks along the way. The clouds had started to come over so when we got to the glaciers we couldn't see much at all. The walk up to Franz Joseph was spectacular enough and after enquiring about ...

5-4-3-2-1 JUMP! So this was to be the day when we threw ourselves of a very high ledge in the middle of a valley. We had booked a bungy and a swing for an adrenaline fuelled day. We were both a little delicate from the night before but feeling the wind running through your hair as you plummet 134m to the ground is a sure fire way to clear your head! There was a few of us booked on to jump and James was third up. It was nerve wracking enough just getting the ...