Week Fourteen Drove from Christchurch to Kaikoura for a long weekend - the views were amazing on the road there, green mountains, snow tops peaks crashing pacific waves hitting the coast! Had lunch at the marine encounter cafe - where you catch the boats out to see whales and dolphins - good grub too seafood chowder and salmon fishcakes. Carried on up the coast to Picton and the scenery just kept coming - after a full day driving we camped up at Picton at the ...

Week Seven - Socialised with Paul's work colleagues - crazy golf - very architectural golf as well. Had an interview with Nurse Maude to be a PA, interview went well (fingers crossed). Went out for a Japanese meal at Ebisu (sushi, teriyaki beef etc - very yummy). Saturday - Drove up the mountains as it was very sunny, went for a tramp in the bushes at Broken hill (not brokeback mountain) - had to climb over and under lots of fallen trees. Managed to get to Arthu...

Week Five - Visited Hamner Springs, a few hours drive from Christchurch - really cool quaint town in the mountains with a number of hot springs to soak your aches and pains (or warm you up in our case), but stupidly forgot our swimmers - doh!!! Oh well its not far to drive we'll have to visit again hopefully when it snows so the experience will be extra special. Then decided to drive further up into the mountains - as Paul wanted to see some real snow. The views...

Week Three - First week in work for Paul - back to the grindstone!! (R: About time i say) Rach has been off sick with the flu, which she caught from the kids at the pre-school!!! R: I'm still looking for a decent job as the pay at the preschool is really bad and the kids are really tiring me out. Week Four - Saw the 150th Birthday celebrations for Christchurch - had a slice of the carrot cake which was about 150 metres long in a rectangular marquee. Jazz playi...

Week One in NZ - Its about time we slowed down the daily diary to weekly. The first week saw us move hostel and rooms 4 times at least, so lots of unpacking and repacking. And starting to look for work, we thought starting to look early would mean we'd spend less money. We seemed to spend the whole time wandering from one end of the city centre to the next, visting dodgy flats, estate agencies, and even dodgier employment agencies. Week Two in NZ - Our second ...