10/04/09We drove from the gravel pit and passed the largest, flattest gravel pit just 2 km down the road, we were well disapointed. We stopped off at Lake Matheson, it was sunny again but was freezing in the shade, which I only realised after we had set off on the walk in shorts and T-Shirt. We walked all the way around the lake and got to Reflection Island where we could see Mount Cook and Mount Tasman reflected in the lake. I managed to find a few unraveling Si...

06/04/09Had a decent nights sleep for the first time in a while, probably because I was so exhausted. Woke up and Coops and I had our mandatory chat at about 2am for a few hours. We woke up again at half 7 and we weren't freezing for once, we were actually nice and warm and had to open a window to cool down a little. We watched 3 episodes of the Simpsons and then I decided to get up and pop the kettle on to get the washing done from last night. We had finally use...

02/04/09We woke up and actually got out of bed surprisingly early. Pat went to Global Gossip while the rest of us stripped the beds and went to do the washing. Rich and I wandered up and down the street checking diesel prices as we had nothing else to do, it's really expensive here and we're going to have to fill up. We put the washing in the dryer and then sat in the coffee shop next door. Rich managed to amuse us by asking random questions from the paper which ...

01/04/09I woke up really early and laid in bed reading until about half 10 because it was so cold. I finally got up and we drove in to Hanmer where we went over to the hot springs. It was freezing outside and the sun unusually hadn't broken through yet, it was actually spitting. We got changed and got straight in to the first pool we saw. It was 38 degrees and my feet were tingling for about 10 minutes after getting in. We spent the day dipping in to all the vari...

30/03/09Woke up and it was quite warm for a change. We set off at half 9 towards Greymouth. On the way we stopped at another Blow Hole and the Pancake Rocks. I think this is the best blow hole I've seen by far, the water in and around it was mental, it was gushing up in to the air and making such a loud noise.We drove to Barrytown and were going to stop to get a pie for lunch, but by the time we had seen the sign for it we had already driven through it and out t...