Ahhh travelpod... I just wrote a whole entry and it got deleted...! Well, I'm feeling entirely way too lazy to retype everything so here's a brief summary: Random got a job at the outdoor too so now we never get paid... we just buy EVERYTHING we see... seriously, I think I make negative money there. But it's awesome... we work with great people...

Stayed in an apartment at a mad campground in middle of Town that was built by an engineer. Everything was made out of something bizare. There where boilers and pipes cisterns and taps all put to weird use around the place. Where Ted stayed it had ladders that had been made into fences and we had a stork made out of a Moped. Loved Queenstown wen...

Hi all, Well the winter season has almost started. We were supposed to start work when Coronet Peak opened on Saturday but there hasn't been enough snow so we're waiting with baited breath for colder weather and more snow. A few of us drove up the mountain yesterday and I had my first taste of riding a snowboard, which was awesome and I know I'm...

Well, thats it - that is Queenstown, that is New Zealand and that is our New Zealand experience almost all over. And now we are sitting here two days before we leave, looking at each other in disbelief, repeating the words over and over again "where did that time go"! It has flown, and we are flying up to Christchurch on Thursday morning, right ...

After nursing a bad hangover we headed back to Queenstown, with a few more exciting adventures before we leave to head up to Christchurch. The two of these being the "Ledge" and a skydive. I have to say old Deano managed to do the ledge, I feel only because I called him a big girl since not doing the Nevis, well after the ledge there was no stop...

The drive from Te Anau to Queenstown was rather uneventful. We passed through beautiful scenery and stopped by a few lakes. The most interesting part was the "Kingston Flyer", an old steam train running between Kingston and another small town. When we were there, it got ready to start the journey again and we took the opportunity to watch and ha...

Todella pitkästä aikaa sai nukkua yli seitsemään tänä aamuna ja vasta kello yhdeksän tuli herätyssoitto, että teidän huonevarauksessa oli ilmeisesti joku sekaannus ja voisitteko mitenkään vaihtaa huonetta? :-) No, se siitä luksuksesta, mutta tulipa ainakin yksi yö nukuttua oikein mukavasti isossa pehmeässä sängyssä. Ostettiin tänään retki Milfor...

Tämän päivän ajomatka Franz Josef - Queenstown oli pitkä, (450km) joten matkaan oli lähdettävä taas kukonlaulun aikaan. Tämähän alkaa käydä työksi tämä matkustaminen ·no ei muuten ala, silkkaa juhlaa tämä on joka hetki!! :-) Kello 7 aamulla varhain starttasi Magic bussi hostellin pihasta kohti Queenstownia, ilman ollessa viileä, mutta ei sentään...

We say goodbye to the cycle group and make our way to our own accommodation, the Heritage hotel. Its a good place as its only about a 500m walk from the Esplanade and main town. Phil is extremely happy as the bed is HUGE, like the beds in the Middle East where the men are allowed more than one wife. We both decied that today we will relax and le...

Woke up this morning without much of a plan. Walked over to the official visitors bureau and asked about the possibility of taking buses to the Rob Roy glacier walk in Mt. Aspiring National Park. She said it was quite possible and got me on a bus about 10 minutes later to the town of Wanaka(pronounced like 'Wanda' without the 'd' and with 'ka' a...