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...

19 January:The jet boating was amazing, far better than we imagined it to be. For a start the jetboat, was a twin V8 700bhp jet propelled beast. It took us along the river, only 10cm deep in places at speeds of up to 90km/h. It was so good, the driver loved his job as well, which I think made it more fun, he was a risk taker!The only other person on the boat with us 4, was Dot, a 65 year old woman from Newcastle. She was hilarious, originally planning to do a bun...

17 January:We purchased a camera today, a Canon A590 IS, incase anyone is interested in that kinda thing. It takes pics & vids so that's what matters.We met up with Ed & Sara and took our first trip as a 2 car convoy up to Kaikoura. We picked this spot for the simple fact that it was a preferred spot to swim with the 'Dusky Dolphins'.It was roughly a 2 hour drive with ever changing scenery & never a dull moment. It's like driving into a postcard, cons...