On our journey to Greymouth, we spotted a sign for Lake Mahinapua so decided to investigate. This lake was another beautiful still lake that was surrounded by silence. As we stared into the glistening water I whispered to Sophie a challenge of pure skill. I called it the skimming challenge. Rule number 1 to the skimming challenge was to try and skim a stone to the users choice as many times as possible. Rule number 2 was "there are no other rules!" I stepped up f...

We left Queensland and headed to Wanaka to visit Puzzle Land! This is a place full of illusions including a maze (which we got totally lost in but found our way out in the end!), an illusion room full of heads which follow you, a room where everything is tilted and water travels upwards and a room based on the hobbit - one end small and the other big! After we headed in to Wanaka and had luch outside opposite the lake. We then travelled the rest of the day to Fra...

We arrived at Queenstown late and so quickly checked in at our camp site. After a long days drive we decided to treat ourselves to a drink or two. When we arrived on the waterfront we saw a bar called minus five! We decided to explore this pub and realised it was a ice bar! We were unable to resist this and so ran inside and signed up for our ice session! When we entered the ice bar we were informed the temperature was -8degrees and so we needed special thermal j...

We woke up early and left Queenstown and headed for Milford Sound. Little did we know there was only one route to Milford sound from Queenstown and that route was a U shape!! The route was over 300 Kilometers and we were advised to stay at Milford Sound over night but being as hardcore and adventurous as us, we decided to ignore this advice and power through the long journey!! We finally reached Milford Sounds just in time for a boat ride around the mountains and...

We left Lake Tekapo and realised we had a massive journey awaiting us so we decided to stop off at a town called Twizel for some supplies and munchies!! After loading our fridge up with food, drinks and snacks we hit the road looking for the perfect stop for lunch. We travelled for hours thinking maybe we would never find our dream lunch stop UNTIL we spied a sign up ahead indicating a secluded area along a calm lake called Ohau. We both looked at each other and ...