WOHOO! We have finally finished working in Blenheim and are ready to hit the West Coast and the rest of the South Island. We have met so many people here and are hoping to meet up with some of them again. We have done really well to meet in Blenheim some of our friends from Napier. Neil and i are even into sushi and can now eat (properly!) with chopsticks thanks to our Japanese friends who we have met up with again. Rachel leaves us in Christchurch in two wee...

Hello! We are still working in Blenheim, now with only two weeks left to go! We are seeing vine yards in our dreams...! Blenheim is not the nicest of towns, all of the pubs are shut on a Sunday!!! So, if we are not working, there isn't a lot to do. I suppose this is good for saving money...! So, for now there is nothing to report and no photos, unless you wanna see grapes!

When we got off the ferry in Picton we drove straight to Blenhiem, which was only about 10 mins away and then the next day onto Kaikoura. On the way down to Kaikoura we stopped at the seal colony which was really cool because we got right up close to the seals basking on the rocks, they didn't seem bothered at all by us watching them! On friday (29th Feb) we went out with Whale watch Kaikoura (the only boat company that operates, which isn't surprising because an...

Hi hi! We have just arrived in Blenhiem after catching the ferry from Wellington to Picton. Here's a quick catch up of what we have been doing since we left Napier, Hawkes Bay. The week before last, we left Napier and headed accross to Lake Taupo. In Taupo we went to Huka falls which were very impressive. The falls weren't particually high but the were flowing at a ridiculous rate through the narrow gorge and the walk to get to them was also very pretty. We als...

Hello all! Today we are all quite excited as we are just finishing our last few days of work! Can't believe that we have been here for five weeks already...we are planning to head back up towards lake Taupo, then down to Tongariro National Park before coming back to Napier as we have tickets to watch England play cricket! (Neil's idea). Work for all of us has been off and on. Neil and Rach have been working for the same guy in vineyards but work hasn't always b...