Summary of New Zealand-Had to think long and hard about what were my highlights. The scenery, the diversity of the mountain ranges, lakes large enough you can not see all the way round, white sandy beaches with nobody on them, whatever we wanted to do you can do it within 4hr drive from beach to mountains, If I wanted a long hard days tramping or a lazy day on the beach. Highlights for me, was all the little things that touched me most like laying outside next t...

16th Jan-1st Feb Queenstown. The adrenaline capital of NZ if you have a bank balance to suit mmhh!! had to stay in control of this one. We did the Skyway Gondola Ride which take you above the city for some fab views of the Lake & city. whilst we were there we just had to have a go on THE LUGE these are like go Karts with very little steering and braking, you really just pick up your feet and whoosh down the luge trying not to crash, brill buzz had to do it aga...

04/01/06- 15/01/06 We leave the nice warm nest Zoe had provided for us over christmas period. We get the urge to hit the road again getting like real travellers. First Stop Maruara Springs health Farm, for a little TLC we have 3 hot outdoor springs to copy from, Japaneese indoor and private spa. we tried all of them well you have to eh!! finished off with Massage, mmh that was nice. The weather is still grim so no hurry to go anywhere, We choose the East coas...

30th Dec - 1st Jan 2006 Tramping The Abel Tasman. So you think we would have had enough NO we now have to do it by foot. 30th Dec Mark gets dropped off at Bark Bay to commence a days tramping to Waiharakeke Bay, which includes crossing the Estuary of Awaroa River, he has to be there within an hour of low tide otherwise he is unable to cross so he goes marching off. I how ever get dropped off at Waiharakeke Bay with all our camping provisions, extra weight th...

Xmas Time: We are enjoying Xmas with Zoe & Gavin and his family. Zoe is Marks Neice who emigrated here 6yrs ago. So big reunion for them both. We were made very welcome by Gavins family. 26-28th Dec Christmas is over and we are off again we are starting on a 3 day Kyaking adventure which will take us up the Abel Tasman Coastline. We start off with safety brief and some coaching on how to load the Kyak with 2 night's worth of essentials like a tent, sleeping ...