Nelson 1st - 5th October Our journey to Nelson was pretty uneventful and only broken up by a spot of wine tasting and a bite to eat at one of the region's many wineries.  Nelson has the unfortunate label - New Zealand's sunniest city, and you guessed it.... it rained pretty well every day we were there!  We were staying with David and Margaret who were friends of Phil's Grandparents.  They made excellent hosts and we had a very homely a...

Kaikoura30th SeptemberWe hopped on the Kiwi Experience, much like the Oz Experience but bigger buses and shorter days.  Our first port of call was Kaikoura, where the mountains meet the sea.  It was a lovely day, so we took the opportunity to go swimming with wild dolphins out in the ocean.  It was an amazing experience and there were hundreds of Dusky Dolphins swimming past just a few feet below us as we looked down at them through our goggles.&nb...

Christchurch27th - 29th SeptemberPhew!  Sorry for the long delay, we've been non-stop!  We started our 5 week Kiwi adventure in Christchurch, the most English city outside of the UK.  One of the first things we did was visit the Antarctic Centre, the main attraction (for Jus) being the penguin rehabilitation centre, with its paralysed and blind inmates - ultra cute all the same!  We also experienced a simulated Antarctic storm, as wel...