Blogs from Queenstown, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 137

*This entry comes with a health warning for all parents etc who may wish to remain blissfully ignorant of what goes on when a large number of 20-somethings get together and drink a lot of alcohol...* I know it's out of sequence and I'm really behind with the blog, but the pics from Queenstown are worth putting on here now (even if its just to help some people fill in the blanks....). If any of the Queenstown crew want me to send them copies leave me a message on here/email and I'll send it over. Thanks to everyone who we spent time with in Queenstown and going round NZ, I had a wicked time time and met some really good people. Miss you guys... xx... read more

Hellloooo! Thanks for all your messages!! And sorry for the long delay in writing, we've been busy! We've put up loads of pictures of our caravan so that you can see the 4 walls and wheels we'll be looking at for the next 31 days! The caravan was a bit daunting (for me, Eric's done it before!) at first, just the thought of everything being within 2 square metres, but it is pretty cool, and I've decorated it with pictures and cards from home. Had loads of lovely cooked meals - we christened the van with chicken fajitas (what else?) and bought some eggs for Sunday breakfast! The caravan is brilliant - we have no restrictions on what bus we have to catch or where we have to be each night for reservations. Only downside is ... read more

Whole crap! Forest sliced off his toe last night chopping fire wood in the dark! Was blood everyw...maah, April fools! Yea, Kia ora everyone, just an update on the goings on from the deep south of Middle Earth. Everything is honky dory with work and the Queenstown pace fitting in nicely. The weather has been awesome over the last few weeks with super clear crisp nights. Im sure the stars shine brighter down here. The posty run is primo but unsure how will be in a couple of months once the snow drops. Right now it is cooking, still getting chased by a few random dogs, droped the bike a bit and fallen off once. There this one cool black lab called Turnip who comes out and takes the mail out of my hand an plods ... read more

hey guys! A quick word from Queenstown to say we are both well and having a great old time. The sun is shining, the sky is blue and marc says hello too! Not too much to update from the last blog, apart from i'm no longer a scrubber, some higer order has taken pity on me and decided my scrubbing days are over! So instead of cleaning i'm now on the front line......thats a receptionist to you and me. Still owrking at the hippo lodge but managed to slip into this fairly cushy job as our friend and music man Robin headed back to England for 6 weeks. As a dedicated worker of course i shall have to try out some of the crazy activities i'm going to try and sell....FREEBIES FOR ME! Also i am ... read more

what a big shock for me. it's the 1st time in roughly 6 months i've got less than 25*. at the time of writing i'm wearing 3 jumpers and a rain jacket and i wish i had bought some gloves and hat. my nose and my ears are red, i look terrible!! but New Zealand is so nice, i'm surrounded by mountains and fresh air. a big change after 4 months in Sydney. and it's full of sheep. I read that there;s only 4 millions people living in NZ but 40 millions of sheep! It's such an incredible country, i'm happy i went straight to the south island, everyone had tlod me it;s the nicest part of the country. i still can't believe i left Sydney, on the plane on the way there, it felt so ... read more