29/03/09Woke up at 7 freezing my arse off, but because we were plugged in at a campsite I put the heating on. Didn't get out of bed until 10, when the sun came out, so I chilled out and enjoyed it. While the others were faffing around Coops and I watched as some kids that were clearly bored started to do the most ridiculous things to keep themselves amused. A boy started pushing his baby sister around in circles in the pram and a little girl washed her feet under...

28/03/09Got up at 7 and rushed around to pack our bags for the day. We drove back to Marahua and arrived bang on time to catch the water taxi at 9am. We were all given life jackets and then towed out to sea whilst in the speed boat by a tractor. Our first stop was at Split Apple Rock, all the rocks are complete granite and this one looks as though it was a huge boulder that fell and cracked in two when it landed but remained in place just split down the middle. W...

25/03/09Woke up at about half 10 and the sun was beating down on the camper, it was really nice wake up in the warmth for once, completely unexpected as I had been told that the weather was bitter on the South Island. We swung the camper around and tried to empty the waste water but with little success as we were on such a huge slope. Rich offered to do the driving for the day as he felt he had done b***** all yesterday. We drove the scenic route all the way to N...

23/03/09I woke up at 6 freezing my arse off wondering why it was so cold. I kept looking up at the hatch above me and wondering whether or not it was open, I was sure it must have been shut but it was too dark to tell and I definately wasn't getting out of bed to check. At 7 the alarm went off, the hatch was open, so I got up shut it and drove in to town while the others stayed in bed. The temperature outside was 5.5, it was 6 by the time we arrived in town. I wa...

22/03/09Woke up early enough to see the sun rise, very nice, it was bright orange all over once the clouds had cleared. I needed a wee but didn't want to use the camper one so held on until we drove back in to town. Pat couldn't hold on so went in front of a load of people on the beach right against the camper. We arrived in the town centre and went for a wander. I didn't really fancy a walk around the shops so went and used the info sites public showers, one of ...