Today we went to Milford Sound, by coach then took a cruise on a boat. We got very wet, but the rain meant we got to see loads of waterfalls which was really cool. Most of them are temporary, disappearing an hour or two after it stops raining. The clouds are really low so you can't see the tops of the mountains. A lot of the waterfalls get caught by the strong winds coming in off the Tasman Sea and they actually disappear into vapour, which is pretty amazing. T...

I was writing a blog post when my phone browser crashed. Very frustrating! Luckily the site recovered some of it but with some spaces missing. I apologise for errors, including sometimes completely the wrong words - phone can be hard to use. Hello. Finally in a place with wifi. I realise the blog has been a bit neglected. We're now in Te Anau, a small town in the south west of New Zealand. It's on the shore of a really big lake of the same name.I'm going to try ...

We're in Dunedin. Went to the museum today, it has a really cool science area. Theres fish and a rainforest with actual birds and butterflies and a waterfall and terrapins and goldfish. We've been shopping and done a bit of sightseeing too.

Hello from Queenstown. We've been here a couple of days now. Took the scenic route on a coach from Christchurch on Tuesday, it was really good. The driver was very knowledgeable and did a good commentary. We were very tired though after sleeping on the floor in Christchurch airport. Yesterday we had a sleep-in, then went to the Kiwi and Birdlife Park, which was really cool. We saw kiwis! Saw lots of other native birds as well. I had kumara chips, which are lik...

We are in Auckland. We spent a very dull day in transit at Brisbane airport - there's only so many times you can walk round the same few overpriced shops. After 8 hours of listening to announcements for people with strange names who hadn't boarded their flights, we were on our way finally. We got to Auckland, where my wi passport saved a lot of time because I was able to do self checkout immigration control. It was raining when we arrived here but by yesterday...