The drive along the west coast was very scenic. We passed beautiful lakes and more rapids. We also sopped at a beach that was full of stones and driftwood that travellers had stacked and wrote on.Using my liquid eye-liner we left our message. It was an awesome place. Despite zero petrol in the tank we managed to roll into Fox Glacier town. It was a true miracle. Si had to have complete silence for the last part of the drive as he was so worried. We both had im...

We arrived in Lake Wanaka town early afternoon and parked up by the lake. In comparison to other lakes we have seen it wasn't anything special. Whilst enjoying our picnic we watched crazy people off the tourist bus jump off into the cold water lake. We took a walk around town then wandered down the deserted pier. Swimming below us were huge trouts and eels. Late afternoon we went to the cinema as we heard it was an experience. It was a small place with only on...

Poor Si had to drive a long way for our next destination, Milford Sounds but it proved to be well worth the effort. We found an area to free camp beside Lake Te Anau. Si immediately began to collect fire wood for a fire, so we could stay up a little after night fall. While Si was collecting fire wood along the shore line of the Lake he found a died deer which has been half eaten by god knows what. Despite the fire and all Si's hard work to keep it going for an ho...

Our first stop while exploring the Catlins region of New Zealand was at Nugget Point, were we pulled into see one of many south New Zealands Light Houses. The walk to the light house was on an incline and beside a steep drop, which fell a few hundred feet into where the sort line was. Simon heard some weird noises coming from the shore line, which we later discovered to be fur seals talking to one and another. The views as we walked were totally stunning in all d...

Simon found a city car park so we parked up in the middle of the city and headed to the I-site to find out what we could do and see in Dunedin. There was once again nowhere to free camp so we managed to find a nice campsite, just outside the city center on the beach, where we spent our first night just chilling out and watching TV. The next day Si fell in love with some warm Canterbury joggers and the All Blacks new rugby top, so he went on a little spending spr...