Hello!! Today was a long day travelling from Franz Joseph to Queenstown. We did stop at Lake Matheson, Lake Hawea and Lake Wanaka. We also stopped at the first commercial site of the bungy and watched some of the nutters jump off!! Not for me I'm afraid - especially when about 300 people are watching! Was hilarious to watch though!! The journey was gorgeous with the mountains either side of us!! We got into Queenstown later than we thought so we celebrated with a...

Hello all! Another jam packed day in New Zealand. Left Greymouth and stopped at Hokitika for brekkie, and then on to Ross where I did a bit of gold panning! Managed to get a few specks of gold, plus some jade and quartz! Then we got to Franz Joseph, the alpine village at lunchtime. We did a fantastic heli-hike, which was a Helicopter ride over the town and up over the mountains onto the glacier which was beautiful! We then added our ice crampons to our boots and ...

Hello from Greymouth!! We arrived this afternoon from Nelson via our Magic Bus and it was a lush journey! We went via the coastal road which was gorgeous and stopped at The Pancake Rock formations and another beach to see a Seal colony!! Then we made it to Greymouth with just enough time to enjoy a nice bit of New Zealand's roast lamb a catch a movie in the tiniest cinema I've ever seen!!! Tomorrow is another early start as we head to Franz Joseph!! P.S to answer...

Welcome to South Island, New Zealand everyone!! We left Wellington this morning to get the ferry to Picton and met up with the Aussie family we met on the Hobbiton tour in Rotorua!! The views from the ferry were pretty amazing and when we picked up the magic bus from Picton the views got even better! It makes you fell really small when you're in the middle of all the mountains which are so beautiful! We are now in Nelson which is a nice town with Cuban music play...

Hello again! oh my god I have the worst hangover!! Still can't believe I did the skydive yesterday, but so glad I did!!! Everyone on the bus luckily was also hanging so we had a few stops and went past Mount Doom from Lord of the Rings on the way!! Stopped a couple more times to take in the beautiful views of the mountains, volcanoes, lakes and the sea and ended up in Wellington. The driver took us to a viewpoint over the city which was lush!! We're at our hostel...