Blog covers 5/3 - 18/3. Time seems to be slipping away now, it seems ages since our last entry. We have travelled a fair distance and had many new experiences. Places we have visited: Te Anau, Queenstown, Wanaka, Cromwell, Fox Glacier Township, Franz Joseph Township, Lyell, Greymouth, Motueka, Golden Bay (Murderers Bay), Collinwood, Nelson, Nikau Bay, Picton. The title refers to sandflies or blackflies or little b@#$*!ds they're all the same thing. About the size of gnats (horse sized around Milford sound) they hunt out bare skin and proceed to draw blood using an anticoagulant to assist with the drinking process. The bites grow into mini boils and are irresistibly itchy; due to the fact that they are so small it's impossible to catch them before they have performed the act. Taking in the beautiful scenery
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