We left Queenstown early the following morning after saying farewell to the people on the Kiwi Bus. We had a really long and boring drive to Christchurch which gave us some time to catch up on some well deserved sleep! We arrived in Christchurch late that afternoon and took a walk around town, bought some ingredients to make fajitas and watched a Maori choir singing in the square before heading back for some yummy food! Again we left early the following mornin...

We left Wanaka and stopped off at Puzzling World which was lots of fun & contained the World's first 3D maze & many different illusion rooms including one that completely offsets your balance & another where famous faces follow you around the room. After trying to complete the maze we left and drove around the edge of Lake Dunston towards the Kawarau Gorge. We stopped off at the Kawarau bridge where the first AJ Hackett bungy is, Arber signed up to do...

We left early and made our way to Lake Matheson to see the mirror reflection of Mt Cook & the Southern Alps on the lake, which was very close to the Fox Glacier. We continued driving until we reached Wanaka, complete with its own Lake and snow capped mountains. The township itself was lovely and we stayed in a really nice hotel with a bath! - such a treat! That evening we went to Red Rock to watch NZ play Australia in the Three Nations Rugby Final I was so cl...

We left early that morning & drove to Pukekura to the Bushman's Centre- a bizarre centre telling the stories of how people made a living on the coast previously including possom trapping & helicopter deer recovery (which meant leaping out of a helicopter onto a deer!. There was a option of trying a possom pie but I wisely decided against it. We then made our way to Franz Josef where we booked our Glacier Hikes for the following day. The rest of that after...

We left Westport and drove down State Highway 6 taking in the rugged Tasman shoreline and other diverse landscapes from farm land to the Southern Alps. We drove to Cape Foulwind where we had the chance to walk and see one of New Zealand's largest seal colonies, we saw loads of them and they were so cute!! After leaving there we took another walk to check out the Punakaiki Pancake Rocks and blow holes. The pancake rocks are made from limestone and over time have b...