Hi Guys hope you are enjoying the blogs and you are all keeping well. So we set of early from Franz josef on what was to be probably one of the longest detours in history! With the bridge still not repaired we would have to drive all the way back to lake Wanaka and then head back across the south island to Christchurch! We decided along the way that we would stop for the night in a town called Timaru which is about 100km from Christchurch. The journey here was very long and expensive as it used up more than a full tank of fuel in the van. But we did manage to have beautiful weather along the way which gave us some amazing views of Mt Cook and lake Pukaki. We got checked into a ... read more

Hi everyone, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! We arrived into Wanaka on New Years Eve and we could feel a buzz in the town straight away. Down at the lake front the shops and bars were full and we could see the lads at work setting up the stage for the street party that was being held that evening. After driving around for awhile we eventually found our holiday park which was a little out of the town and to get into it we had to drive about 3k up an unsealed road which was a complete nightmare in the van. Even driving at like 5mph the whole van was shaking violently and the dust was covering the van!! We settled into the holiday park, cooked some dinner and then got ready to head out for the night. ... read more

Hi All, So on Christmas eve we left Dunedin for Queenstown. Ian's sister had kindly booked us a room in the adventure Queenstown hostel so we wouldn't be on our own over Christmas. We got checked into the lovely hostel and signed ourselves up for Christmas breakfast and dinner that was organised by the hostel. We had a really nice room here which must have only been recently done up as it was all so new. We had a nice walk around the town and we were surprised at how different it was from the rest of NZ. It reminded me more more of a European ski town than what we had been seeing. Its really beautiful set on the lake Wakatipu and there is some much for you to do. That night we decided to ... read more

Hi everyone!! So after all the relaxing in Lake Tekapo we headed back on the road in search of Mt.Cook the highest mountain in Australasia. The scenery on the drive here was fantastic it was just such a pity that when we reached the first look out of Mt.Cook which is at Lake Pukaki it was very cloudy so we could not get a great view and the camera did not pick up the amazing turquoise blue colour of the lake. We headed on down to the base of Mt.Cook and took a look around the famous Hermitage hotel, which has a museum dedicated to Sir Edmond Hillary a New Zealand native who was the first man to climb Mt. Everest and he climbed Mt.Cook many times in preparation for his Everest climb. We then parked ... read more

Hi everyone, We hope you all are well we're just coming to the end of our 4th month away. Time is just flying by. Our last stop in Oz was Melbourne and we had a fantastic few days. We arrived in the city centre at 6.30am after a very long over night bus from Sydney with a driver who insisted we vacate the bus every time he stopped for a break including a stop at 3am!!! We took a tram out to St.Kilda which is a seaside town about 20 mins from the city centre. We had booked our last 3 free nights with the base hostel there, but as we arrived so early we had a very long wait to check in. The hostel offer a late 12pm check out to guests for a fee ... read more