HI Everyone Last day in Queenstown today, its been very relaxing ( for those of us not jumping 134m off a ledge on the Nevis Bungy). Its a lot smaller than i expected but very buzzy and pretty. Our friends have been hardcore and have jumped 109m on the pindrop canyon swing and are off to do the Nevis Bungy today- i would love to say i had done one of them, but there was no way i could, i need to be pushed- maybe in the future! Tonight is the last n...

Hi Everyone I am now in Wanaka..........not skiing unfortunately due to lack of funds, but i had the most amazing day yesterday- one of the best so far despite suffering from a horrendous cold type flu- we climbed the Franz Josef glacier and it was fantastic! We got ourselves onto an 8hour tour of the glacier, unfortunately it rained from the moment we arrived in Franz Josef to the moment we left apart from a brief burst of sunshine yesterday afternoon ...

Today we headed towards the mountains, stopping at the beach to take a very nice walk around the Lake ( not sure of the name) and visiting a seal colony and pancake rock formations. The sea was sooo choppy i don't know how the seals survive there!! Then we stopped in Westport to grab some essentials for our fancy dress party that night, all the boys were told they had to go in drag and all the girls were given 2 black bin liners each and told to come up wit...

Today we left the North Island, and arrived after a bit of a choppy crossing, in an even wetter South Island. I think everyone was half expecting to be arriving into a winter wonderland with snow everywhere- but sadly it was just heavier rain that greeted us in Picton. We seemed to spend most of the day on the coach- making quick dashes for food and loo stops. We then arrived in Nelson- at a gorgeous old pub style hostal. It was so cosy with a log fire and p...

After having the most glorious sunshine in River Valley- we arrived dripping and freezing in Wellington. It literally didn't stop raining the whole time we were there. Apparantly its the coldest winter they have had in 25yrs- with lows of 7degrees- trust us to pick a dud year! As soon as we arrived- us girls checked ourselves into the Sanctuary ( not up to Auckland standards, but still better than any old dorm). Then we headed out to the Tepapa Museum which ...