Day 1We set off for Queenstown our last full journey with Lauren on our bus!! L!! Our first stop was Puzzle World. It was great fun, it was like being a big kid again (then again it doesn't take much with us lot!). The outside made proved my lack of patience, very frustrating and I even had a clear head! Then there were all sorts of illusion rooms, great fun! Our next stop was the Kawarau Gorge, more amazing views, you'll never belive it but with these veiwws even I managed to stay awake! After driving for a while we then went and checked out AJ Hacketts Bungy jumping, we had a free tour of how it was all set up and then we got to watch people throw themselves off a 43metre Bungy there and then. It was really interesting but a bungy had never really appealed to me and it was sooo expensive!

We eventually arrived in Queenstown, we immediately fell in love with the place! It was so picturesque! Whilst driving around Lauren pointed out all the places to go and where not to go! It was so sad Lauren played our 4 tour songs being Hey There Deliah, Manic Monday, Forever Young and Opportunity. After out tour of the town we pulled up by the lake to have a big bus photo taken, making a human pyrimid, it was awesome! After purchasing our photos we then played Opportunity one more time while pulling up to Base Hostel. We checked in our bags arranged with Lauren what the plan for the evening was and then we all headed down to the Lake for a few well earned beverages! After chilling by the Lake for a bit we then back for a shower and change and then the fun began!! Both our bus and the overload bus were out along with the drivers. It was an awesome night full of numerous jaguar bombs and lots of dancing! Emma and I won a competition doing a tequila slammer in the most sexual way...i'll leave your imaginations to that one! J

Day 2As you can all imagine we all woke up with a bit of a Hangover.....so the only option was Bacon and Egg sandwiches!! Claire and Steph went out to play tennis with some of the drivers! The girls and I decided that a bit of sunbathing and a hare of the dog was the only answer so we headed for the lake! After having a couple of beers we then decided it was time for serious food!! I headed to the Mexican with most of the guys whilst Steph and Claire wanted Indian a curry!! All full up, we were shattered so headed back for an early night! Day 3So today was the Rugby. In the morning we went shopping and then 2pm we were all in the pub. The first game was Ireland V Scotland, we went to the Irish Bar (as all the people we were with were Irish), it was a really good atmosphere and the drinks were going down well! We ended up staying there all night till 10.30pm. Lauren ended up joining us at 9.30pm where we gave her, her present and card. We all chipped in and brought her a photo frame with a group picture of the 17 of us and a card. She loved it, she said we were the best crew ever!! Bless her! After we all had a sing song and made a few speeches, the people behind the bar asked us to leave because we were being too load....we were all just happy!! Was a brilliant day!Day 4We decided it was about time we did something in Queenstown rather than just party so we went Luging. Luging is like Go-Karting but you got a gondola up a massive mountain then got cable cars even further up to the luging track! Was very amusing with Claire being petrified and steph just sitting on the cable car not strapped in or anything so the man had to stop the whole ride! When we finally made it up to the top we checked in and away we went! It was great fun......we had loads of races and we had a few crashs too! And yes of course I think I won every race but I was a bit of a dirty driver te he!! After having a hours of fun we then had a drink and ice-cream at a cafe and took in the breath taking views. It was amazing, you could see over the whole of Queenstown. That night we all just chilled out and watched Sophia's and Shane's DVD's they had taken over out trip.....it was hilarious some of the things they got on video - and Shanes commentary was so funny! After watching the DVD'd we had to pack up as we were moving to Pinewood Lodge and going to Milford Sound.Day 5The alarm went off at 7.00am - we all just wanted a lie in!! We got all our things together and made our way down to reception where we got he bus from for Milford Sound. We then headed onto Milfiord Sound, it took about 4hours to get there before getting on our cruise and it hadn't stopped raining from the time we left Queenstown! LWe saw some amazing views on the way. At least the rain meant the waterfalls were huge! When we finally got on the boat we had a buffet lunch and then we went up on deck in the rain to look at all the beautiful waterfalls, there were loads of them it was really nice! After being on the cruise for 2hours we then stopped off and went to Milfords Deep Underwater Observatory, it was cool under here we saw loads of fish! We then headed back to shore to board the bus back to Queenstown. LJ our bus driver was a laugh though so it wasn't too bad......not the same as Lauren though!! We finally arrived back in Queenstown at 9.15pm where we got dropped off at Pinewood Lodge. It was really nice, we were a 5min walk from town and we had our lodge. There were us three, Em, Linda, M, Niamh, Paddy 1, Paddy 2, T and John. It was like our own little house with our own seperate sitting room and kitchen. It was so much better then base. That night we just chilled out with pizza infront of the telly!Day 6 - 27th FebruaryToday we just chilled out all day not getting out of bed till 11am. It was great to have our own bedrooms and not have bunk beds!! We just watched TV while Emma and T went and got their tattoos. That night we invited people round for drinks at our place before going out in town. People arrived at about 7pm, thats when the drinking began, it was nice not going out so early. We just played drinking games and we got very competitive playing Flip Cup against the lads again. However they beat us this time so the score is now 1-1!! :-) About 11am we went into Base Bar and danced the night away!! Day 7After our big night out we woke up to a clean Lodge! We were expected to put all the tables and chairs back to normal but we woke up to a clean place bar the washing up. The cleaning fairy's had been in!! :-) So after getting ourselves ready we hit the shops, had a very relaxed day, then just chilled in our lodge that evening all feeling very delicate!Day 8 So today was our last day in Queenstown L, we ended up having a lie in the morning and then we went for lunch and beverages in the afternoon. It was strange not having things planned for us to do, we were so used to Lauren planning everything for us!! That night we packed and chilled out in front of the telly again ready for our early start in the morning as we were heading to out last destination Christchurch! :-(Queenstown was probably my favourite place in NZ, there was so much to do and everyone was so happy and friendly! We didn't want our time there to end.....especially as Christchurch is our last stop before heading home!