In the middle of the summer, the last thing you expect to see is snow. But thats precisely what we woke up to the day we left Wanaka. It wasn't on the ground by us but the mountains in the distance had a clear fresh covering caused by the high altitude rain! A very strange but attractive sight.It was a 76km drive to Queenstown from Wanaka but it was a super little drive through the mountains then down a very steep hill to Queenstown. We got to our hostel which wa...

Leaving Australia we're already groggy at the airport because of the snorer that kept us up half the night but the check-in staff for Air New Zealand add to our misery!! Our packs are already packed and caged and i have to go through it to remove our itinerary because they need to see that we intend to leave the country! I then have to delve even deeper to remove the lighter from the backpack and place it in my hand luggage at their request! Obviously it's ...