L'Hotel Akaroa

... with great views over the Ocean which looks like a huge lake it's so calm. We camped for the night at Okains Bay in our brand spanking new Spaceship "Goliath"; complete with all mods cons including DVD player and completely useless Sat Nav. The campsite was situated in a pine forest by the beach, it was a basic camp site for $8 each (about 3.50) - sweet as!

... Definitely one of the better views I've had on a plane. Conveniently, because of the time difference, we made it back to Brisbane by 9am, and I even made it home and back to uni in time for my 1pm Marine Biology class. But I was feeling the effects of a solid 12 nights of very little sleep, so I spent the next few weeks resting up and fighting off the cold that I got. At least I didn't get swine flu! And I definitely had the best spring break of my life!

... escape his clutches, before being brought to the barrow creek tavern where she was looked after. now, said friendly man says he wasn't there when lees was brought in but that his boss was, and that he took great care of her, while her book says nothing about the kindness and generosity of the tavern, and now they are very upset that she supposedly went through all this hell, didn't say thanks to them, and is now perhaps a millionaire while they aren't really cashing in ...

... Queenstown Gondola (basically a chair lift up to a peak to get a great view of Queenstown and surrounding areas). Here we also tried the luge as this had been recommended to us by Kylie and James from when they were in New Zealand. This involved sitting on a tray (a bit like a sledge but with handlebars) and careering down a track as fast as possible. There are only three of these in the world - Sentosa (we saw it there but didn't partake), here in Queenstown and ...

... tranzalpine train across the Southern Alps to Greymouth. Again, lucky with the weather and had spectacular views if gorges and mountains. Travelled through 19 tunnels, the longest took 15 mins to pass through and went across 5 viaducts - the highest 82m off the ground. Christchurch is a beautiful city and have enjoyed the short time here. Off to bed as getting up early - need to be at airport for 0415hrs for the flight to Brisbane. Off to see the wizard (the wonderful wizard)!!

... set. On Friday we went to Queenstown ... Lois was excited ... extreme sports and nightlife available!!!! With budget in mind we opted for a quiet evening down by the water and treated ourselves to an ice cream (served by a hottie) and sat people watching. Lois tried to convince me that the Canyon Swing the next day was a good idea. $169 to throw myself off a cliff!!?? I think NOT!!! Give me a plane and a parachute any day! Saturday morning came and Lois was ...

We had to start making it back for a flight and to be honest didnīt too much for the next couple of days, historical Oamaru had taken it out of us. I forgot to mention that we even went to see some historical theatre, which if it hadnīt been for the free drink would have been very disappointing indeed. Popped down the Banks ...

... this?! At this point however, I didn't really care. Money is money and I can keep searching in the mean time. *sigh* I went into work on a Wednesday and met some very nice people. My mood plumeted rapidly after cleaning the toilets...my devil. Thursday and Friday passed and after my three hours of work (yeh, what the hell is that?!) I was feeling pretty down on myself. On my way home I got really upset thinking that my time in New Zealand wasn't ...

... but they all had had to be rescued from the wild for some reason or another. Most had been injured in an encounter with humans and weren't able too survive in the wild so would spend the rest of their lives at the center. The notices said that because they had no predators in the center and plenty of food they would live much longer here. One was 14 years old , that was much older than the could possibly survive outside. At 1030 two of the center staff ...

... get at this girls fish and chips but one of the gulls was shouting (squawking???) at them to get back. It was like he was in charge and he had his bird (literally) beside him not saying (squawking???) a word (squawk???) but equally in charge. It was like the couple in Pulp Fiction. Anyone of you mother f*#ker$ move and I'll execute every mother f*#king last one of you. I called it "Gull Fiction". Fiona ...