One early morning wake up, Two belly's full of eggs, beans and toast, Two kiwi buses, One Colgate toothpaste model for a driver, One massive Maori as the other, One drive through the mountains, one snowball fight and Nine hours later we arrive in Westport. The majority of our day was taken up by the journey to get to the west coast and started by meeting Smiley, who had a huge mouthful of teeth and a lifetime supply of Colgate to his name from being in a Col...

Our flight from Melbourne to Christchurch took 3 hours and everything went smoothly, no awkward gates or missed flights this time. We arrived in Christchurch, which is the largest city of New Zealand's south island and very English with its buildings and gardens. Most people we spoke to didn't seem that keen on Christchurch but we were pleasantly surprised, its clean rivers and laid back attitude made it a great city to kick back and relax in. Before we left E...