Drove down to Wellington on Saturday the 7th of January to catch ferry to the South Island.Spent a few hours wandering Wellington, then waited in the car as our ferry was not until 2:30am.Managed to get about 2 hours sleep in the car before getting on ferry, but didn't get any sleep on the ferry as they were showing films so I watched The Easter Bunny and Kunfu Panda 2.We finally got into Picton at 6am, just as it was getting light.We started to drive down the ea...

Left Auckland on Tuesday 3rd of January with friends of my brothers (Lara & Tim) and their two sons (Matt & Sam), heading for campsite close to company (Blazing Paddles) we were hiring the canoes off to do the 3 day trip down the Wanganui river.We got to Blazing Paddles by 8am as they advised and loaded all of our stuff for the 3 day trip into a total of 12 large barrels, 3 small barrels and 3 dry bags.It took about an hour in the van along really windy r...

Have been at my brothers in Auckland since 23/012/11. Christmas in the sun was great, in the pool on Christmas day, all be it fully clothed after being thrown in, thankfully they took my phone out of my pocket first. Had a really good time, spent lots of time with my niece, brother, his wife and their familly and friends. We are leaving Auckland today and heading towards Whakapapa where we start the 3 day Wanganui canoe trip (the one that was previously cance...

Woke up on Friday and as expected was aching all over, my ankle and toe were also sore and swollen, I must of hit them on something after losing my boot. It was still raining so we moved onto Raglan, a town on the west coast famous for large waves.When we got to Raglan it finally stopped raining.Watching the news at the hostel they stated that they had had 2 months rain in the previous 24 hours, no wonder there was so much water in the cave I was in.We only staye...

We got to Waitomo on Wednesday and I booked onto the Lost World 7 hour epic, 100 metre abseil and river caving adventure for Thursday at 10am even though it had been raining nonstop for almost 2 days. The 100 metre abseil was really good; you controlled the speed you descended so you could look around at the scenery all the way down. When we got to the bottom of the abseil and made our way to the cave entrance the water was hitting 81cm on their gauge, the cut ...