we left Dunedin and stopped to walk up the steepest street in the world according to the guiness book of world records. after that lovely bit of exercise it was back on the bus to go and see the Moetaki Boulders. they are perfect circles. after that we headed into Lake Tekapo. it was really beautiful as everything was covered in snow. after checking into our hostel Briony, Vic and i headed over the road to the childrens playground, we went on the swings and the ...

it was a bit touch and go as to whether we would be able to leave Queenstown due to all the snow that had fallen but we managed to make it out and arrived in Dunedin. Dunedin is known as little Edinburgh and there are a lot of the same street names and they are big on their Scottish heritage. i met two girls on the bus and we were in the same hostel so that afternoon we decided to go on the Cadbury tour. it was not worth it because it was a saturday. at the wee...

Written by Liz. I had more time in Queenstown then Lauren so this is why im writting a seperate blog as i did different things. i spent my first day in Queenstown going on the luge which is basically a go kart without an engine on a toboggan run. i went with some people off the magic bus. it was so much fun but you do become really competitive and have no regard for your safety but a wicked way to spend the afternoon. the next day i went to Milford Sound which wa...

Franz josef was one of my favourite places in New Zealand, we arrived about lunch time. Liz and I had both booked a skydive to do there i had sort of forgotten about it till we arrived and then i realised we were doing that afternoon. I was so nervous was thinkikng of changing my mind. Once we arrived at the skydive place we got kitted out in our flattering outfits. Then learnt a few things we needed to do for the skydive. I was told i was first to go actually th...

Queenstown is amazing i wish i was staying longer, went for a few drinks on our first night here with a few fellow magic bus friends and the driver. My favourite bar was world bar they served cocktails in teapots! Everyone in the place has a pot of tea on there table or walking round with a tea pot, so funny and the flavours were so yummy. I spent my time skiing for the three days i was in Queenstown. Coronet Peak it was amazing so much fun, i am fairly good now ...