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...

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...

Eight hours had passed on our first stint from Sydney and the night was setting in fast. We were in the middle of nowhere and needed to settle down for the night. A small town called Bega ended up being our saving grace and turned out to be the cheapest place we've stayed. We checked in and turned out to be the only ones staying at this place, the old boy even insisted on showing us a documentary on London cabs, which was nice! An early start was on the card...

After our amazing week on the ranch we weren't really ready to hang up our saddles but as time was running out in Australia we had to pack up and make tracks to the city. A city infamous for two of the world's most popular tourist attractions; the Sydney opera house and the harbour bridge. However, before that chapter began we had to get there and that turned out to be a journey and a half. Setting off from Bingara to arriving in Sydney took 12 hours of pre...