I phoned home this morning. It was great speaking to everyone. I can't believe Jon is now helping with shopping. I spent the day just lazing around but have come to realise that I don't need to do activities every day I can just relax, especially when I'm not well. The new cold medicine I'm taking seems to be working as I don't feel quite as bad. Tomorrow I will be moving on again, this time to Wanaka. It's just a short drive (about an hour and a half) north of h...

The weather this morning was not good - it was raining so I had a relaxing morning. In the afternoon I went into town and asked about jetboating. About ten minutes later I had a lifejacket on and was getting into a boat. For those of you who don\'t know jetboating involves skimming along rivers at high speed while the driver spins the boat and goes really close to bridges and the riverbank. Jetboats can actually go in water about four inches deep. As the boat was...

I didn\'t do much today as my cold seemed to be getting worse so I just ventured to the internet cafe to update the website. I spent the day relaxing in my room as I had a self-contained unit with kitchen and lounge (including a TV) to myself. I went to the chemist and got cough medicine but it didn\'t seem to make much difference. I also managed to get my washing done.

This morning I went to the Kiwi park and I've now seen a total of four Kiwis. Jon will be interested to know I've now seen tuataras. An couple of interesting facts for you - Kiwis are from the same family as Emus and Cassowarys. Kiwis are also the closest birds to mammals as they have whiskers on their faces, their feathers are more like hair and they have bone marrow. After the Kiwi house I went up in the Gondola which is in fact a cable car that goes up the hil...

I had another pretty long drive up to Queenstown, home of adrenaline sports this morning. The drive was nce though as it was through some very nice scenery. I had to drive across flat farmland to the centre of the island, then head north along a mountainside. The town has a very alpine feel with the mountains behind it and Lake Wakatipu in front. There is quite a big town centre with lots of shops, well compared to places I've been before. I'm bogged down with a ...