We've had a really great relaxing time in the hostel and in all the parks within Christchurch, although we have managed to fit in a few things. On our first day in Christchurch the sad event of us leaving behind Norris occured, it was very sad after over a month with him, but we managed to console ourselves when we bought tickets to the rugby. Yes fit kiwi rugby players-wow!!! Finally managed to find a proper shopping centre, like the ones we are used to at h...

Not much to report from the last couple of days. We set off from Te Anau towards Dunedin the most southern point we visit on the east coast. We ended up getting stuck behind two campervans on the journey, who were going unbelievably slowly, but we couldn't overtake for ages. The problem of NZ's one lane highways!! The hostel in Dunedin, Stafford Gables YHA, is one of our favourites here. On the hill, it's in a converted hospital so there are three gho...

Left Queenstown early on Saturday and headed to Te Anau, which is about 90 minutes drive, Fi did the honours!! Drove into the town (!) to see a gorgeous lake which our hostel was right next to. As we were early we explored before stopping for a game of mini golf. The holes were all quite easy but we still had issues! Fi chipped the ball into the hedge and couldn't find it, whilst Sam realised her swearing at ruining her good run of 2 per hole was being overhe...

Sorry haven't updated for such a long time, internet issues!! We made it to Wanaka easily, there was some amazing scenery to see. During one of our (many) stops for photos of the views Fi let a load of Sandflies into the car, this lead to hysterical attempts to kill the millions of flies using our map as a fly swat. We eventually got them all but the map was ruined and we had been eaten alive. As we drove through Wanaka our first impression was that it look...

So we made it to the South Island safely, thankfully it wasn't too choppy on the voyage across! The Marlborough Sounds scenery was stunning as we approached Picton. We headed straight out of Picton towards Nelson, stopping in Havelock for some lunch at a Scottish pub, The Clansman. Yummy food and yummy owner!! We arrived in Nelson and headed to our hostel, Accents in the Park, which was lovely, more like a hotel with bathrooms straight out of The Ritz, which ...