We skipped right on through invercargill really - not hanging around to see too much of the 'a******* of the world'. We stopped also at a town called Te Anau, another cute lakeside town with beautiful sparkly silver/blue water. We stopped at this town as it acts as the start of our final sightseeing trip - Milford Sound.It took us a few hours to get fron Te Anau to Milford Sound, driving through the fjordland national park. Fjord meaning the landscape had...

Our first stop on the way to Queenstown was at this great little place called puzzling world. It contained loads of wierd illusions, a maze and a crazy slanting room, which when you stood in one corner you looked like a giant and in the other you looked tiny! Gem and I ended up competing with the boys in the maze to find the exit. Hillariously we were informed by some concerned onlookers that they had cheated 'and not just on one occasion.'Our next stop w...

On the way to Lake Mahinapua we stopped along the Tasman coast to check out the Punakaiki (pancake rocks) - and again you guessed it - rocks that look like pancakes. Straight to the point - I love it! So the pancake rocks are a series of stratisfied limestone stacks that over the years have eroded to give the effect of giant piles of neatly stacked pancakes.On the bus we were told that there would be a fancy dress party tonight and that the theme would be P-Party...

From Nelson we headed to a small mining town called Westport. On the way we stopped at lake Rotoiti for lunch. Another stunning lake, every view is like a postcard picture. From lake Rotoiti we headed south down the Buller gorge. In some places the rock had to be carved out to allow the single track road to squeeze through. We stopped at the Buller Adventure Centre for a spot of jet-boating on the buller river.We were provided with yet another stunning outfit. Im...

So i'm now in Nelson, our first stop in the South Island. The ferry took 3 hrs. The south island is even more beautiful than the north and a lot less commercial. The journey to Nelson took us through lots of lush green, tree coated, perfectly rounded mounds, through gorges and along rivers. We passed very few cars. The area around Nelson is famous for its Savignon blanc wines and ther are loads of vineyards. Would have been rude not to stop for some tasting. ...