Hello everyone! Well, we're here at Angie and Steve's house enjoying a lovely sunny day (at last!). The wedding was lovely although the weather was dodgy. They'd planned to have the ceremony outside in a gazebo on a lake but had set up inside the marquee in case it rained. Luckily it turned fine in time and it was a very special ceremony with family and friends. We ate and danced in the marquee (yes, John too!) till late. The guests all mixed well, Kiwis and...

We did a 'freedom camp' at the side of the road near Arthurs Pass. Unfortunately, we picked a spot where the black flies congregate for supper, which turned out to be us! Great view of the mountains, with SNOW on the tops - remember that?! Nice not to have to pay anything! but we have to watch the temperature of the fridge, which goes down fast when the van isnt plugged in. Yesterday drove to Arthurs Pass, and watched the Keas. Unfortunately Bernie got a bit...

Amazing drive to Collingwood, switchback roads over a huge hill(takaka). Weve found a nice friendly site to stay at for a couple of days. Weve decided we hate the big posh sites, its just like staying at an expensive car park. The small friendly (and cheaper) ones are much nicer! Abit of rain last night, cant complain after idyllic weather at Marlborough Sounds. So we're doing laundry this am - funny how everything starts getting smelly sooner when youre cam...

We've been at a Dept of Conservation campsite with no facilities on the Queen Charlotte Drive in beautiful Marlborough Sounds - hence no blog entries. Thanks for all your comments, even if half of you were just talking among yourselves! Sadly, we didn't get to whale-watch, we stayed nearly 2 days, but the seas were too rough and all the trips were cancelled, boo hoo! Instead we had a fantastic walk on the Kaikoura peninsula in absolutely tremendous winds! The...

Hello again! We're having big problems putting photos on here so I'll just write a bit now. We're at Kaikoura now, hoping to go on the Whale Watching Tour tomorrow, weather permitting. On our way up here we stopped at a seal colony just on the side of the road. There were dozens of fur seals basking on the rocks, and colony of red billed gulls (like our Black headed gulls) as well - Rod went too close and got seriously poo-ed upon!! Bri and Rob, Bookworm was ...