Today we made the gruelling drive to Franz Josef Glacier which was very long and very hot. Our camp site made up for it though as it was set in the rainforest and even had a hot tub! We decided to try using our rear awning as it was a calm night and meant we could have a bigger bed. This was a bad idea however as some manner of creature made some awful sounds during the middle of the night before proceeding to jump onto our car. It scared the lights out of us as ...

We left Milford Sound in very low cloud which we had to break through as we drove up the mountains on our way to Queenstown. Along the way we stopped off in Garston which is the most inland village in New Zealand and went in their only shop to try some local honey, which was very yummy. When we arrived in Queenstown it was a lovely hot, sunny afternoon and the first thing we did was book Richard for a Bungy jump! We spent the afternoon sitting along the waterfro...

Today we went from the East coast to the West coast which was a long but amazing drive. Along the way we stopped off for some lunch at a lake which had an amazing mountain view. Rich also got creative with some stone stacking with varying results! The drive into Milford Sound was amazing and very dramatic. We even saw a film crew filming for a Mazda car advert, although apparently this area gets shut down often for filming which is not a surprise. Part of the jo...

Today we drove through Dunedin towards the Otago Peninsula where we decided to take a tour to see the yellow eyes penguins which are the rarest penguins in the world. We were able to walk around a reserve where the penguins go on a daily basis. At this time of year they are malting so there were feathers everywhere and some of the penguins were half fluffy and half slick. We were also able to see seals in the wild as they come up onto the rocks in the reserve. Ou...

So unfortunately our flight was delayed from Sydney by two hours which meant we had missed the office hours to pick up our camper van and we therefore had to find somewhere to stay for the evening. Luckily there was an information point at Christchurch airport and they booked us a dormitory at a campsite near the airport. We had the dorm to ourselves so we were able to get an early night and get up bright and early to go and pick up our camper van. The camp staff...