Hey all, it's us again with another blog, quite a short one this time so don't panic. 31 January: So it was our first full day in Queenstown today & there is a huge amount to do but we have very little time & cash to do it. We decided on a handful of things to keep us entertained. First off we decided to make a booking for the Canyon Swing : http://www.canyonswing.co.nz/index.php at the reception of our Caravan Park. It' was quite pricey but all 4 of ...

January 29th So we got up fairly early and headed to the supermarket and stocked up on food and petrol for the trip to Milford Sound as there are no shops up there. So we set off - our first stop was Lake Mistletoe, this was a small glacial lake so we went for a walk around it. It was really pretty but nowhere near as impressive as some of the other lakes we have seen in New Zealand. Plus about the last 1k of the walk was on the road.Another 30k's up the road we...

January 26th Today we headed in to Dunedin so Ed could pick up his glasses - while they did that me and Matt did a bit of shopping. We needed a new camping chair as i managed to break ours, twice, after only having it a week. First time i fell off it and snapped the arm then the second time the back bit snapped and i ended up horizontal and believe it or not alcohol was not involved either time. We washed the cars as they were filthy before heading back down sou...

23rd January: We weren't in any rush today, even if we were it wouldn't have mattered after the chill out day we had yesterday! We packed up our vans & waved goodbye to the lake. It's been a beautiful place to stay the last couple of nights & with the weather topping 30, it certainly helped! We headed towards Twizel, a small sleepy town about 30km's south of Lake Pukaki. We booked into a campsite & spent the whole day there. It's amazing how boring a...

21 January:Carly's birthday!! We woke up early today to make the most of the time. Ed & Sara took us both to a cafe for breakfast, their treat for Carlys birthday. They got her a birthday card & a cake & my card meant that she did get 2 cards to open! The breakfast was gorgeous & the views to Mt Hutt were immense. We didn't waste too much time in town, just stopped in an information centre & picked up some details of a couple horse trekking co...