(DAY 14) Kia Ora! We had a surprisingly long lie in and awoke at 8am! Although Picton seemed like a nice enough place, we didn't feel there was much to do so we wanted to move on straight away. Just as we were about to rustle up something small for breakfast, Kie was approached by an Aussie lad who was leaving for Australia and had food leftover! This meant our boring breakfast quickly became amazing and Kie whipped together steak, egg and cheese sandwiches whi...

(DAY 13) Kia Ora! We got up extra early and headed along to the Bonisch holiday household to watch the World Club Challenge rugby league game whilst enjoying some proper English tea courtesy of Lauren, who is a big Yorkshire Tea fan and has it imported in specially! Lauren also treated us to some poached eggs, BBQ cooked bacon and cheesy loaf - which went down a treat! Afterwards we all headed to the beach where we planned to go out on the kayaks to a nearby ba...

(DAY 12) Kia Ora! We woke up and spent the next few hours amusing ourselves with tales from the previous night before showering and saying our goodbyes. Once we were on the road we headed North out of Westport towards Kaiteriteri, where Louis, Lauren and her family were spending a long weekend on holiday and had invited us to join them. Kaiteriteri is off the tourist track to travellers but is a popular resort for Kiwi's and we hadn't heard of it before being...

(DAY 11) Kia Ora! We had finally woken up to a lovely sunny morning. Kie got up extra early so he could catch a game of rugby on TV, knowing that he wouldn't see the second half if we stuck to the 10am check out, we asked if we were allowed to stay for the extra hour and luckily for Kie, we were! As soon as the rugby had finished, we got into the campervan and headed to the Pancake Rocks and Blowholes at Punakaki. We were, at first, unimpressed but as soon a...

(DAY 10) Kia Ora! As usual, we were awake early and Kie made a huge breakfast to set us up for the day. We went down to Lake Wanaka to take some photos of where we'd stayed for the night and were shocked at how clear the water was - we'd been told it was so fresh and clean that you could drink it! Kie dipped his feet in with thoughts playing on his mind of having a quick swim but the water was far too cold and with a long day ahead of us, he didn't fancy bei...