Waking up in a slightly mildewed camper wasn't as bad as you might think for a princess like me, in fact, I rather enjoyed the experience. Grasping my toothbrush and washing essentials I vacated the van only to realise that someone has stolen our camp table from under our van in the night - I did wonder why the car next to us left at 6am. I'm getting really sick of running into vile people, they seem to follow us around like a plague. In the hopes of a catharsis...

Waking up at the south end of Lake Pukaki was absolutely beautiful! The brilliant teal colour of the water against the light grey, stone shore was so picturesque, with the Southern Alp's snow capped mountain range framing the whole scene in the background. Incidentally, the water is such a vivid teal in the majority of the rivers and lakes here as the water is glacial. This means that the water posses what is called 'rock flour', this is extremely fine - almost s...

After a fragmented sleep on the airport floor, both of us weren't feeling particularly chipper, but as promised our transfer came to pick us up at 8am and we gratefully clambered aboard. On arrival at the camper van retail park we were introduced to our camper - it was an utter anticlimax. The thing looked like something you would find on the Antiques Roadshow and absolutely nothing like the glossy, red-striped camper vans advertised on the website, and too make...

After a leisurely lie in and giving Jodie a big squeeze goodbye (it was back to the working grind for her) myself and Chelsea set about packing our things and cleaning the flat. What followed was monotonous work where Chelsea made me sweep and wipe every surface and empty the same bin numerous times, whilst she did her hair and make up. I also bit the bullet and did my own ironing (I was raised in a female dominated household so I know my way around an ironing b...

With our final night looming I was keen to seize the day and experience a big helping of the Australian lifestyle. Now, as previously mentioned, the majority of men in Australia are built like bulls, have zero body hair and are covered in tattoos, and lying in bed staring at my ceiling I quietly thought: I can achieve one of those...' Slinking out of the apartment door, I whisked down to the local shop under the pretence of buying some more bread. When I returne...