So, last stop, all aboard... well for New Zealand at any rate. We got to Christchurch early enough, the drive from Oamaru not being even close to as long as we had anticipated. The hostel was at the edge of town and a 15 min walk directly into the city. On the way to the hostel, and walking back into town we could see plenty of semi and fully collapsed buildings. There are lots of streets closed off and barriers put around buildings with loose bits hanging off th...

Onwards and upwards to Christchurch, and after a short enough drive we reach Oamaru. I wasnt expecting much from this place, and it almost didnt dissappoint!! On the way there, and about 40km outside of town coming from Dunedin are the Moetaki Boulders. Now these I had heard about, and hence why we stopped. I havent looked them up, and I think I had read somewhere that nobody knows how they were formed, but they are the freakiest looking things I have ever seen m...

So after we left Fiordland and the south and west of the south island, it was more or less time to go. We had three days left, and a hefty drive ahead of us before we reached our final destination of Christchurch and the flight to Sydney. Regina, the navigator, had decided that we take the inland road and make one stop because it "looked" shorted. Bless her! I took another look and decided we should take the coast road, which "was" shorter and...

So we headed off anyway, off to Te Anau, the Gateway so to speak for Milford Sound. The Danish girl, Louise, that we had met in Wanaka came with us and we all decided to do nothing the first day in Te Anau. This was partly, or should I say completely because there was nothing really to do in Te Anau for people not planning on doing a trek. If one was to plan a trek, this would really be the place to do it. The whole area is full of amazing 1-10 day hikes, maybe e...

So what can we say about Queenstown, well it is the Adventure Tourism capital of the world... and thats about it. We dont think that 180 dollars for 20 minutes of rafting is worth it, neither of us wants to get sick jumping off cliff with an elastic band tied to our ankles and sky diving is just expensive no matter what way you look at it. So we did some hikes, and they were lovely actually. In fairness it is a shame it is so expensive because it would have been ...