The next day I woke earlish ready for the action day ahead. I completed my blog and went into town and checked out a few shops. I picked up a new pair of sunnies (4th pair and counting) and took some pictures of the lake front and statue of the founder William Rees.I met Geraldine and we went and checked in for the Shotover Jet. We got on a bus and they took us to the Shotover Canyon where we would be doing the trip. We saw some people finishing their trip and ...

We then headed to Greymouth which was going to be a 4 hour drive. We stopped in Greymouth first and headed for Carters beach to have some lunch. It was wild but very pretty the 'sand' was dark grey. We then drove through the gold mining town, there are a lot of those over here. We then headed for Punakaki, home of the blowholes and pancake rocks. The road to it was very similar to the Great Ocean road but the waves broke even further out in the sea it was very wi...

So after Fiji comes New Zealand. I watched Social Network on the plane and it was actually quite good. I got to Christchurch about 12ish and re-met with some of the guys from Octupus. I waited for Gez and Jess for almost 3 hours as their flight was delayed. I wandered about and picked up some brochures and read up on Kiwi history. When they arrived we collected the car. We headed to the hostel and it was a lovely hostel. I heard hostels in NZ were even better the...