Today is our last day in New Zealand! Tomorrow we go to Sydney for a week and then we hit Asia... When we left the Otago peninsula we went to Dunedin for lunch and then carried on up the east coast on our way to Christchurch. on the way we stopped to have a look at the Moetaki boulders- big round lumps of rock on a beautiful beach that look like a giant kid has thrown his marbles down. We would have liked to know more about them and how they got there but the...

The last few days have been our most stunning scenery and nature wise. With only a few days left in New Zealand we've been soaking it all in. From Te Anau we drove to Milford Sound- supposedly one of the most beautiful in the world- and it didn't dissapoint- a windy road up and down mountains and through stunning valleys. We stopped off a couple of times on the way- firstly to laugh at the very naughty Kia birds who are called the "teenagers of the parrot wo...

The last few days have been our most stunning scenery and nature wise. With only a few days left in New Zealand we've been soaking it all in. From Te Anau we drove to Milford Sound- supposedly one of the most beautiful in the world- and it didn't dissapoint- a windy road up and down mountains and through stunning valleys. We stopped off a couple of times on the way- firstly to laugh at the very naughty Kia birds who are called the "teenagers of the parrot wo...

I have been a bit rubbish at writing the blog- mostly because internet here is so very expensive- can't wait to get back to free wireless in Asia- it's a dollar (50p) for 10mins everywhere! We have just arrived in Te Anau which is the gateway for Milford Sound where we will head tomorrow. A couple minutes before we got here we hit the 2000km mark in our van so we've been doing quite well on the travelling around front... When we left Franz Josef we headed down ...

Another Diary from the last few days.... ThursdayYesterday was spent driving from the very north of the south island down to Kaikoura- a peninsula on the east coast. It's a lovely little town and one of the best places in the world to spot whales, dolphins and sea birds. We came to swim with wild dolphins and it was great! We put on full body wetsuits and went out on a catamaran 25 minutes to where a pod of dusky dolphins had been spotted. On the way we saw a fe...