Rain rain go away come back another day. We slept well despite the rain lashing down all night. I had my ear plugs in which blocked out the rain and Ju's snoring - even with the plugs in I could her both. Our Kayaking tour was due to start at 8.30am. We led in bed debating as to whether it would go ahead. I was secretly hoping it would be cancelled and we could simply ride the tour boat around Milford Sound. There's nothing worse than lying in bed warm listening ...

We had a relative lie in this morning waking at 8am instead of the usual 7am with our busy schedule! I'd had a restless night full of cold; despite missing the autumn to winter transition back home I still end up bunged up with sore throat - (typical with my immune system!) Anyway despite this we woke up to an amazing view of the sun rising over Lake Hawea - we were in a very secluded spot with no other campers in site. Given that Scott has given up showering on ...

As Julia pointed out later in the day I seem to be getting all the fun days to report about. This is purely luck of the draw - I am sure she will get ample opportunity soon. We had had another coldish night in the camper last night, this didn't stop us getting a good nights sleep though. Perhaps we were tired as we had spent most of the previous evening booking two campers for our legs between Melbourne to Adelaide and Brisbane to Sydney in Australia - now we can...

What's going on...how come I seem to be getting all the boring day blogs to write where we've been driving all day, and Scott gets all the excitement! Today was again about getting from A to B - from Hanmer Springs to Fox Glacier - a 6-7 hour drive via the Lewis Pass to Greymouth on the west coast and then down the west coast past Franz Josef Glacier to the small alpine town of Fox, named after the Fox Glacier. Despite being in the van all day I was hoping for fi...

Where's Flipper?! We set off in good time for Kaikoura on the East Coast of South Island on our new quest to see Flipper and his friends. Ju had booked us on a swimming with dusky dolphins tour in the Pacific Ocean at 12.30pm - apparently they are the most acrobatic breed of dolphins in existence and known for their aerial displays. Kaikora is an ideal place to view wildlife as the sea waters are spectacularly deep just off the coast as the sea bed drops away int...