Before leaving queenstown, we went to the ice bar, the temperature was -8.5 and we was given coats and gloves to put on. We drank cocktails from glasses made from ice & everything was made of ice. We had booked a trip to Milford Sound which is said to be the most beautiful place in NZ and they are'nt wrong. We went on a hour boat trip& saw breathtaking scenary. We was also luckily enough to see a pod of bottled nosed dolphins & seals chilling out on...

Kia Ora, After our Whale watching boat trip, we headed to Motueka. From there we went tramping (walking) at Abel Tasman National Park. It was V.beautiful with mountainous rain forest and crystal clear ocean. It was a nightmare driving there as the roads are very windy. We saw a cool waterfall and some birds that prentended they couldnt fly to lure us away from their nest. The next day we headed to Fanz Josef, on our way there we stopped off at the pancake rock...

Hey! Another blog already? Yes we're trying to do it whilst we remember! We arrived on the South Island on Sunday afternoon. Our first destination was Kaikoura. After a couple of hours of driving we spotted some seals playing in the ocean. We pulled over and was surprised to find the beach covered in seals! It was very cool! We quietly and slowly walked down to the beach, there was alot of babies playing in the ocean and most of the adults were snoozing. There w...

Kia Ora! We arrived safely in New Zealand and picked up our hire car from the airport, a Toyota Platz, its not a bad little automobile. We had a drive around Auckland and found somewhere to stay the night. Next day we had a walkabout in the city and then drove down to Roturua. As we approached the city there was stunning countryside and forests and all around as far as you could see were random patched of steam, it felt like we were on another planet, the whole...

G'day people, We've just been on a trip to the Red Centre. & it was an excellent experience.We flew to Alice Springs & go an early night ready for out Rock Tour. In the morning we were picked up at 6am & started to head to the Kings Canyon. The journey was going to be a long oneso each one of our group (2 guides & 17 other tourists) had to stand up at the front of the bus and introduce outselves. The group was a good mix of nationalitie, people f...