We got back to dads for the last time on our travels. The next day of being there was an exciting time for them (especially sharon!) as they were getting their container delivered after a very long wait! It felt like christmas for them and was a relief for all, to have a sofa to sit on, instead of garden furniture! We had a chilled out week there, just helping out with getting the house into order and preparing to head off to Oz. Got two days of fishing in, one...

After trying to get a bed at Worldwide Backpackers, where we had stayed last time we were here we ended up getting a bed at Rosemere backpackers! Round the corner for WW but up an unbelievably steep hill...not good when carrying a heavy backpack!! We were greeted by Paul and Greg who we'd met a few weeks back at worldwide, completely random considering we didnt expect to ever see them again! We were planning on going out that night to meet the 4 kiwi ac/dc guys ...

We realised after spending quite a bit of moolah in Q'town that we needed to start heading back up north. And after finding out our bus didnt do stops we needed to go up the west coast (we'll save for another trip), we had to do exactly the same journey back up to Picton. So we left Q'town very early to catch the bus to Christchurch, which took a good 8 hours, and when we arrived we were shattered! Stayed in a massive hostel, not great but we hardly spent much t...

We arrived in Queenstown in the late afternoon and wasted no time in going into town to book our skydive! then realised we had two days of panicking ahead of us! The next day we went for a wonder around the beautiful city, the scenery is amazing, but now realising we are going to see that wherever we go, but it still takes our breathe away. We took the gondola ride upto the top of one of the various mountains, when we discovered they had a bungy spot up there s...

We arrived mid afternoon from the bus in Tekapo expecting gloomy weather similar to Christchurch, but were pleasantly surprised. It was red hot sunshine! :) Tekapo, set on the lake, is pretty much a street consisting of a hostel, couple of b&bs, few shops and a bar! The Lake though was absolutely amazing and a was a really strong turquoise blue colour that you couldn't take your eyes off! I got a bit carried away with the pictures as you can see but i'm not...