We left Nelson at 0820 and went out to Nelson Lakes National Park where we did a 45min walk through the forest before relaxing by the lake with picnics. Whilst doing the walk we found ourselves back at a bit we'd done - we'd just gone round in a huge circle, we were worried it was one of those team building survival excercises but we all managed to find our way out lol. Whilst picnicing some crazy kids braved the cold water of Lake Rotoiti for a swin. Nick play...

Not such an early start today as the bus wasn't picking us up until 0850. We left Kaikoura and made our way to Nelson with a couple of stops en route. The majority of the drive was winding roads up, down and around the hills and mountains. Made everyone feel quite sick but the views we got made it worth it. When we got to Nelson we checked into the hostel Kiwi booked for us, Fern Lodge. After getting changed we decided to do the hike to the most central point i...

We were up early to check out and wait for the kiwi experience bus that was picking us up at 0730. All went fine with kiwi, we met our bus driver, Morrie, got on the coach and drove up 180km North of Christchurch to Kaikoura - taking in amazing scenery on the way. On the bus we'd arranged our accommodation so when we got to Kaikoura we were dropped off at the Lazy Shag Hostel, lol. It was in Kaikoura that Rob got his traditional Maori tattoo done and where Nick...

Set the alarm early as didn't want to waste the day in Christchurch. First stop was pak n save, the biggest supermarket we've ever been in. We got a few bits and had breakfast back at the hostel before venturing into sight seeing. The hostel is right in the city which helps. We walked to the Cathedral Square before onto the Botanical Gardens, Art Centre, Avon River, City Mall, Victoria Square and then back to Cathedral Square where we walked around the inside of ...