Friday 18TH July Leaving on a jet plane Well ok technically we left home at 2230 (after we were delayed because GAVIN lost the house keys in his pocket) but out flight was just after midnight so really our day started on Friday 18th We left Perth at 0005 and despite the rain had a reasonable flight, maybe even got some shut eye. The boys were suitably exited but quickly settled. Sadly we arrived in Melbourne at 5am so wandered around for awhile. We had packed or own breaky so found some chairs (courtesy of nando's as Gavin was sure they [View Full Entry]

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Saturday 19th A gentle day wandering Christchurch in the rain, followed by a trip out to the Antarctic Centre, (Christchurch is the Aerial departure point for American and NZ Antarctic expeditions) this museum is worth the money! We thought we had finished (complete with -16 degree snow storm with 40 km winds CHILLY!) When we found a whole new room [View Full Entry]

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snow snow and skating Sunday 20th Today we picked up our camper van and left Christchurch (after a huge breaky at Sophie’s even better than dinner) we didn’t need lunch and had to force dinner! We headed south to Lake Tekapo.. A scenic glacial lake with a very famous church right on the banks of the lake. No arguing here and Christian denomination takes turns at using it. Imagine sitting in the pews praising God looking over His wonder of a lake and snow capped mountain peaks. Following dinner we went ice-skating, Whilst Jeremy Tom and I held onto the rails [View Full Entry]

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The day the boys have been waiting for! SNOW We discovered the ski field we were heading for had decided to close for 2 days following the NZ school holidays NOT HAPPY JAN………nothing on the website only heard by word of mouth, so we decided to brave Mt Dobson. WE had heard the drive up was a bit precarious but we braved it…. Hairy wasn’t the word for it imagine windy skiddy road with STEEP drops off the side………….insurance doesn’t cover rolling off a cliff. Then just to make matters worse the chains supplied by APOLLO DIDN [View Full Entry]

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traveling South in the rain today we left Lake Tekapo (after a quick stop over at teh church on the lake). it rained over night, and continued to rain as we drove. AS we moved on it got colder adn colder, we stopped at a few Lord Of the rings film sites, then headed into the mountains, every corner was stunning snow capped mountaines . AS we got towards Lindus pass (a road over a mountain the rain got heavier adn heavier, the cars comig towards us were covered in this strange white powder! Then the rain suddenly turned thicker! It [View Full Entry]

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this landscape never ceases to amaze me Wednesday 23rd July today we find the internet YAY ( and discoverd the Dockers won double yay) Gavin is waiting to use the net so I had better hurry up! Today we travelled thought the MOST amazing country, no matter where you looked there was snow capped mountains or waterfalls, then you hit the coast and have surf crashing onto the road, then you turn a corner and its the mountains again. We travelled form Wanaka to Fox glcier, just in time for a stunning sunset (rain stopped) tonight we went on a walk [View Full Entry]

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3 Sleeps to go 3 sleeps to go and we will be off.................well off to the airport ready for a red eye special to melbourne. From there onto Christchurch and then from there, well it really depends on the campervan and our budget follow our trip as we survive 2 weeks, 3 boys and a mother in law all within the confines of a campervan! [View Full Entry]

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