In November 2014 after 2 months of travelling around China, Vietnam and Indonesia we entered New Zealand for our year’s Working Holiday...

What is it? There are approximately 50 volcanoes in the Auckland region, with Rangitoto Island being one of the most iconic landmarks in...

There are multiple reasons why you have to visit the bottom of the South Island of New Zealand including Invercargill, Bluff, The Catlins, D

Queenstown is such a natural beauty spot that is rammed full of amazing things to see and do including adrenaline filled activities. Check o

There is so many cool and exciting places to eat and drink at in Queenstown, there will be many more happening places but here is a list of

Want to swim with dolphins in their natural habitat? Then Kaikoura in New Zealand's South Island is the place you must go to. Swimming i

In October 2015 whilst on our travels around New Zealand we decided to jump 15,000ft out of a perfectly safe aircraft... We knew we...

Nov 1st- 4th We were on the road again, heading north to our final destination on our New Zealand itinerary, Christchurch which was just...

Oct 27th to Nov 1 The drive from Aoraki/ Mount Cook National Park to Lake Tekapo took just over an hour at 95km. We checked in at Lake...

Oct 26th- 27th The drive from Queenstown up the centre of the South Island to Mt Cook on the State Highway 80 took us just under 3 and...

Oct 23rd- 26th After leaving Queenstown a few weeks ago, Shannon couldn't get the thought of doing a bungy jump out of his head, and we...

Oct 20th - 23rd In 1848 the first settlers were from Scotland and named Dunedin so, as it's Gaelic for 'Edinburgh of the South'. The...

Oct 17th- 20th We drove 3 and half hours from Milford Sound down to the bottom of New Zealand to Invercargill. We checked into Central...

Oct 16th- 17th Driving for around 4 hours from Queenstown we arrived near Milford Sound, where the following day we would take a scenic...

Oct 11th- 16th We took the winding roads with stunning scenery from Wanaka to Queenstown taking just over an hour. Queenstown is now...

Oct 9th- 11th Leaving Franz Josef we headed 35 minutes out to Lake Matheson, near the Fox Glacier, which is famous for it's stunning...

Oct 6th- 9th Located on the South Islands West coast, 2 hours from Westport and 4 hours from Wanaka, lies the township and Glacier of the...

Oct 5th - 6th Leaving Kaiteriteri we drove inland to the pristine Nelson Lakes National Park which surrounds two lakes. It took us almost...

Sept 30th- Oct 5th Leaving Kaikoura we headed back up the coast to Blenheim and to the Marlborough wine region, where we visited a few...

Sept 27th- 30th We had spectacular views of Queen Charlotte Sounds as we arrived into Picton on the South Island. We stopped at a viewing...

Sept 22nd- 27th Leaving Taupo we had a long days driving ahead as we would be making our way to Wellington by the evening, which would be...

Whether you want to tick hiking a volcano off your bucket list or are a LOTR fan you'll want to do the Tongariro Alpine Crossing. Where...

Sept 16th- 22nd After a gorgeous scenic 2 hour drive from Napier we arrived in Taupō (pronounced Toe-pour). As with a few other places-...

Sept 12th- 16th Our first stop today was off the high way and an hours drive down a bumpy dirt track road to see Lake Waikaremoana, the...