Time was up for us in the south island and soon it was the north's turn to shine. The more famous of the two islands had been incredibly impressive and took up the bulk of our time, leaving not long and a big set of shoes to fill, New Zealand was quickly drawing to an end. To get to the north we had to board a ferry in Picton, which would take us to Wellington the Capital of the country. We were taken into the city centre where we only had time for a short w...

It is time for us to leave Christchurch and head north up to Kaikoura. Kaikoura is translated directly from the Maori language as "eat crayfish", a little weird until you here the full name of the town, which is Te-Ahi-kai-koura-a-Tama-ki-te-rangi, meaning "this great traveler stayed here and lit a fire to cook a meal of crayfish! Shame Luton and Bolton don't have that much imagination behind there names. When we arrived at the coastal town th...

Queenstown, the adventure capital of New Zealand, an attraction for many a traveller looking for an adrenalin rush or quick thrill. Our location, 134 meters above the Kararau Gorge with our legs strapped and hearts beating double the normal rate. Your fired up and ready, you look down, you look up, don't look down it makes it worse, you look down again big mistake it's too late and you've already jumped and defied every natural self preservatory urge. The time...

Our next stop started by setting off early from Franz Josef in order to catch the mirror reflections of Mount Cook on Lake Matheson. The scenery that we have passed along the way has been incredibly picturesque, although at times a little hard to document through a window. The lakes were no exception, everywhere you turned there were striking views, and imposing mountain ranges, we often have to pinch ourselves to avoid taking this place for granted. Wanaka ...

Today our day started in a very surreal manner, a short drive from the lake we stopped off at a place called the bushman's centre. It was part museum, part zoo and was full of random signs, traps and possums. We watched a film about the introduction of mammals into New Zealand as originally there was only birds, and visited there resident deer. The guy who ran it was a real character and had printed out some complaints that people had wrote and his replies to the...