Hey everyone, another quick update to let you know how we got on at our friends farm and what we have been upto at Lake Taupo so far. We set off at about 10.30 for the farm and stopped off at a few places Nigel had recommended on the way, tris decided to buy a fishing rod, it was killing him driving past all the fishing spots and not being able to do any, we fished at the beach in Gisbourne but didnt catch anything. We got to our friends place at about 5.30 and w...

Hey everyone, well we have had a fun couple of days in Queenstown and arrived today in Rotorua. On the way to Queenstown we stopped off for the night at a place called Lake Wanaka which would have been really pretty but it was pouring with rain and freezing cold so we didnt get to see much of it. Our bus driver told us that the lake is the only lake in the world to have fresh water dolphins! After our night in Wanaka we set off early the next morning for Queensto...

Well we have finally arrived in New Zealand!! We flew into Christchurch at about 11 at night so we went straight to the hostel, we went to get some chips for tea before going top bed. the next day we were up early and met up with 4 other people from our hostel to get on the kiwi experience bus. It was quite a long drive across the alps to our first stop Westport, the scenery along the way was absolutely beautiful with blue lakes and rivers and huge mountains, the...