Finally up in the north island! But sadly nearly at an end to my time in NZ. After posting the last blog I walked back from Mcdonalds to the hostel. Was pretty late by now so got changed ready for the night. Met a lot of friends from the start of my bus trip on that night out, so thought it would be wise to extend my stay in Queenstown. So got up early the next day to tell the bus driver not to wait for me, and to book myself onto the bus on Thursday. Then we...

Hi everyone, really cool time in nz, here's how it went from the last night in franz Joseph: Left the bar I had been stealing the wifi off and headed back to the hostel. Made it back just in time to miss the start of the 'rock, paper, scissors' competition (they have some odd games at backpacker bars!) top prize was a luge at queenstown worth about $150 though, so it wasn't just a joke. There was also 2 $50 bar tabs for 2nd and 3rd. Watched that for a bit, the...

Finally in NZ, admittedly the next 3 weeks is the part of the trip I've been looking forward to the most (with the exception of fiji of course) I've heard so much about the scenery, the people and all the stuff you can do. One of the alternate ideas for my year out was to go skiing in Queenstown - where I'll be in a week or so. Been wanting to visit here since I 1st looked into gap years, aged 15, so hoping it lives up to the hype! Quite relaxed last day in Melb...