Hey everyone!! We've been busy!! Monday 19th - We walked up Mt Victoria in Wellington - it was harder than we expected!! Lovely view from the top and then found a shortcut down! Tuesday 20th - Checked out of our hostel in Wellington and got the ferry to Picton on the South Island. Already could feel it's colder here, sat by the fire and had chocolate pudding and icecream! Wednesday 21st - We had breakfast and went for a walk along the waterfront, it was we...

Yesterday we had pancakes for breakfast, they were provided by a church group for free so it would have been rude not to!! We then went out in the rain!! We went to the Te Papa Museum which was really good. It was interesting and even had a giant squid! We had a nice coffee and brownie in the cafe. We went out in the rain again, we came accross an indoor market so that provided us with some shelter for a while. Next stop was Parliment House and the Beehive...

We have been to Taupo and this was a very exciting place for us. First of all we decided to do a skydive from 15,000 feet!!! We actually weren't too nervous about doing this as we only booked it that day. We got to the skydiving base about 3.30pm and were geared up to go by 4pm! Once in the plane and strapped to Brad Rock and Elad Berger we jumped out. Rachael was first followed by Kylie 2 seconds later after an attractive exit photo! The freefall was amazi...

Yesterday we took a stroll round the Government Gardens and up to the museum. We walked round the volcanic lake which was really strange. There is a lot of bubbling mud and smelly steam! We came back to the hostel and used the geo-thermal hot pool (along with 10 lads in their speedos)!! Last night we went to a Maori Villiage Culture show, this was really good fun. We got to look round the village and then we had a show put on for us, this included lots of si...

We've been busy again!!! We are now in Rotorua. Firstly we had our trip to Bay of Islands. We went out on a dolphin cruise and to see the islands. We saw a pod of about 15 dolphins and the scenery was beautiful. We sailed through the famous Hole in the Rock!! The next day we went to Cape Reinga, it didn't stop raining the whole day!! We got soaked!! We got to see the lighthouse which is at the most northerly point of New Zealand - again got soaked doing t...