MooreMob

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 was snowing. WE stopped at the top (along with a few other mad Aussies) and the boys had a ball throwing snowballs. Given our debarcle with the snow chains we were glad to see the ... read more

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 I looked up to see Callum step onto the ice and promptly skate perfectly! The owners thought he had done it before. Next thing we know is he has a hockey stick on his hand ... read more

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 would not be open at 5am (note to readers he was wrong) anyway we ate our yummy continental breakfast and then attempted to scull all our water and juice because we couldn't take it through ... read more

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! ... read more