We left the adrenaline packed Queenstown and headed for somewhere a little ore serene, Milford Sounds. We arrived fiorst in a lottle town called Te Anau where we stopped for the first night. We were at a really cool camp siote which had an amazing view over a valley, right from the back of our camper van. WE planned on stopping a small free campsites for the next few days so we made the most of the kitchen and hot showers. We also made sure we filled up on fe...

After the fun of the glaciers we headed for the adventure capital of the Southern Hemisphere- Queenstown. Here you can raft, bungy, sky dive, quad bike, mountain bike, river surf and generally throw yourself off things to your hearts content! The drive there was particularly nice, plenty of beautiful countryside with huge mountains still in the background. We drove through mount Aspiring National Park and pas plenty of lakes with really blue water- in fact you...

After the fun of the glaciers we headed for the adventure capital of the Southern Hemisphere- Queenstown. Here you can raft, bungy, sky dive, quad bike, mountain bike, river surf and generally throw yourself off things to your hearts content! The drive there was particularly nice, plenty of beautiful countryside with huge mountains still in the background. We drove through mount Aspiring National Park and pas plenty of lakes with really blue water- in fact you...

So....we arrived in glacier country!! It was amazing to see the Southern Alps in the distance and then finally reach them. We found somewhere to stop and then decided we would take a look at the glacier itself. The Franz Josef glacier (named after the once Emporer of Austria) is one of two accessible glaciers in the area (the other being the Fox Glacier- named after the mints hehe!). They are also only a few hundred metres above sea level which is pretty rare. Al...

So we are still on the road and arrived at St. Arnaud- a small town on the edge of Nelson Lakes- in the evening. it was a basic campsite but it sat right on the waters edge. We settled down for the night- had our dinner and watched the sun go down- all with the montains and lake in the background. We rose the next day and went for a walk on the peninsular. It only took an hour or so but was worth it- especially as we had a long, long journey ahead! We drove wes...