We were awoken to the sound of the hidden cameras whirring and the hidden microphones crackling. 6.03am in the Big Brother camp site, Rog and Jay emerge from their camper van and walk to the ablutions block. We got up nice and early so we could hopefully shower without bumping into the funny woman. Luckily there was no sign of her as we trudged across the gravel hand in hand with our towels and wash bags. The shower rooms were unisex and consisted of a shower cub...

It had been a lovely, peaceful night. After brekky we hit the road which was fairly quiet today with only the occasional aggressive tailgater! The weather was gorgeous with a blue sky and wispy clouds. It took us about an hour and a half to get to Te Anau which is situated on Lake Te Anau. It is the largest lake by water volume in Australasia. It was a lovely quiet town on a picturesque lake and such a contrast to brash and commercial Queenstown. We had a walk be...

Amazingly the picnic table was still there when we got up! We did notice, however, that the Italians had managed to snag a picnic table from elsewhere. After brekky we drove into Wanaka to get some petrol. On the way out we stopped at the Mount Iron Scenic Reserve for a walk. Mount Iron is a glacier-carved 240 metre rocky knoll. It was a steady climb to the top with stunning views of the town, lake and mountains unfolding on the way up. At the summit there was a ...

We had a lovely peaceful night and awoke to the fantastic view we had of the lake. The weather was much better today with some splashes of blue amongst the cloud. We decided to stay here another night. After a late brekky we went for a walk along the edge of the lake. The sun was poking through some more now and it was lovely and warm. We followed the path alongside the lake with it's backdrop of mist clad mountains. There were lots of beautiful and colourful flo...

We woke up to rain lashing it down on the camper van's roof. The view outside was of big swathes of mist rolling down from the hills. The bad weather looked set in for the day. We decided to stay in Wanaka but not at this camp site. There were too many annoying people here and Jay's experience of the amenities block hadn't been good. Every time she went in there were always loads of stupid women battling to get a place in front of the mirror so they could slap an...