hey everyone hope you are all well. we are now coming to the end of our time in new zealand (sob sob) but we are flying to melbourne on friday (nov 10th) yay!! it will be so good to see uncle alan, tracy nigel paul toni and all the kiddies too. its been far to long.

we really enjoyed the bottom end bus going around the south of the island. it was so beautiful we got to see rare penguins, seals and sealions too which was really cool and we went on a day trip to milford sounds which is out of this world. the weather has been pretty crappy but that meant that there was loads more waterfalls ( 1000's!!) so we were pleased to see the rain for a change. we also went on a trip to some caves that had a waterfall and loads of glowworms which was ace. unfortunately tris hasn't been too well the last few days ( man flu!) so we haven't really done much, just been pottering around today getting our bearings in christchurch. but we did go to a really cool firework show by the sea on sunday by getting on the wrong bus! I'm glad we did though as it was the best firework show we've ever seen!!

anyway best had go. speak to you all soon. keep the messages coming.

love laura and tris x x x x x