Amber Park Christchurch

... Canberra. Although it is thought of as a "nothing" city by many of the visitors to Australia, having nothing to offer and nothing to do, we found it to be a very beautiful city with several places of interest to visit. Of course we had not planned on visiting Canberra but we had to take a detour to leave the afore mentioned "shocker" of a camper van into a garage there. Sightseeing over we returned to the garage to be told the engine needed to be replaced(as we ...

... It was pretty fun to watch them.

We were lucky enough to get to a rugby game too. The Christchurch Crusader's vs. The Bulls (from South Africa). We got tickets 2 days before the match and still got first row. We were thinking we'd be the only ones there, considering we got front row, but it was packed. The match was so fun, the fans are amazing and so into it. It's hard to ...

... at McDonalds. It was so quiet, which was cool, I didn't really feel like dealing with rude jerks on my last day anyways. Tio, Chet, Marie, Megan, Miki, and William all came to say a final goodbye as well...aww! During the day however, I decided to do some laundry. WELL! There is a hose that goes from the washer to a sink to drain the water...someone took the hose out. I left my wash for about ten minutes, and came back to a mini flood in ...

... flight. The weather I left behind me was pretty glum; at the time Queensland had been bracing for the worst as Cyclone Hamish was battering the coast and making menacing advances toward land, bringing with it a brief rain depression. I was hoping to fly into nice weather, even going as far to check the long-range weather forecast for all the places I was visiting before leaving. We we're characteristically late to arrive at Brisbane International, leaving ...

... in the thirties its cold. Combined with this is the green landscape and the fact it is raining, seriously, we could have landed back in England. A Chinese guy runs up to us claiming $5 ride to the centre of the city with a serupticious $2 fuel charge, I absently wonder why not say $2 to the city with a $5 fuel charge. Getting into the centre of Christchurch in the rain and with my current mood is similar to being dropped off in the centre of Coventry with nowhere to stay. However, we ...

... Fox Glacier and after a party in the campervan we went to the pub and hooked up with the skydive crew who bought our beers hurray!!! The next day we headed for Wanaka (we didn't stop much as the sandflies are a nightmare in those parts). As we approached, the scenery around Lake Wanaka was spectacular. We arrived in Wanaka mid afternoon and as we were both still feeling a little ropey we just pulled up on the lakeside and watched the boats, windsurfers, etc until the ...