Tues 7th Feb 2012 We got up this morning, i was feeling a bit better, and set off to look at Huka falls. We were advised to go by foot as it was beautiful...we drove. We followed the road and went past Huka falls, were there are rapid but small waterfalls, A honey place were they make their own honey and ice cream. they have the bee's there for you to see which was interesting, a prawn park were u catch ur own prawns and then eat them, altho we didnt go in as we...

Mon 6th Feb 2012 (above is a pic of a theramal pool) We got up and checked put of the hostel before heading towards a mauri village. It was their bank holiday in Roturoa and so as a special offer they were just asking for gold donations ie $1, saving us about $20+ going to a different 1! When we got there the woman on the desk gave us our sticker and said if anyone asked we were to say we were locals as it meant we could go in for free! Brill. My good looks do ...

Sunday 5th Feb 2012 We got up earlish and went to look around the local market which we heard was meant to be a big one. after finding the cheapest parking (first place (casino) was $11 then we got 2hours for $6) we found out that it was shut and they were working on the building. brilliant. so the $6 lastest us 4minutes! from there we headed to Rotorua, or smelly town! it was the place were theres lots of natural thermal activity and it stinks of sulpher (rotte...

Friday 3rd Feb 2012. I was informed that i had slept thru an earthquake this morning...scarey stuff! We set off at 10am to head up towards the national park where we had booked a flight over the volcanos. Unfortunatly the weather had turned and it was very cloudy so it was cancelled. We then decided to "F'' it and head as far north as we could, hoping for better weather. It turned out we ended up at Auckland, somewhere we said we wouldn't go as it was too f...

Thrusday 2nd Feb 2012. (above is me hard grafting - the whip lou uses is out of range but that was the 15th acre id done that morning...) Lou and i were up at 6 and on the road back to picton for the ferry at 7. toni had decided to stay a little longer as he wanted to go whale watching and do a coulple of other things. We arrived at the ferry check-in (after getting a little lost at the terminal and finding out EVERYONE does it) and were told that they were run...