Hi all, I'm now back in Wellington and staying here for the next two days, whilst I wipe away tears for leaving the south island. I wasn't able to do the Dolphin swim or Whale watching in Kaikoura because of bad weather. In a way though, I was secretly a bit relieved to avoid going out on rough waters again. The foveaux strait was bad enough for me!!! Anyway, the Cook strait crossing was fine even though people told me it was going to be a rough ...

Hi all, Well today was a good day. We spent an hour driving through Wellington, drove up to the top of Mount Victoria and took some lovely photos (to be uploaded soon..). Then we decided to do some four wheel driving across the coast line and drove for 24km over some interesting terrain. I got to see seals basking in the sun on some rocks, cows grazing on the sides of hills and lots of red rocks! The four wheel driving was good fun, it pays to have a hug...

Hi everyone, Well this might be a long postcard, since I haven't written in a while... I met up with Michelle in Auckland and she took me to all the beaches and showed me a lot of the area. I went shopping to buy a few warmer clothes as the south island is going to be quite cold now. Ben and I drove from Auckland to the Waitomo Caves, which were a spectacular sight except when you're sharing a boat with a bunch of ignorant tourists who won't keep ...