NEW ZEALAND - THE SOUTH ISLAND

We got off the ferry at Picton and headed straight to Kaikoura, it took a fair few hours, we parked up at a motel type place and went out and got pissed and had a smoke, I was very ill in bed but managed to get up the next day for whale watching, we saw 3 sperm whakes and a humpback so a successful trip. We also saw loads of Acrobatic dolphins that were cool!!! We headed for Franz Josef glacier and kipped at the side of the road. Got back on the road and drove through Greymouth and was as boring as I remembered it, we arrived at Franz Josef and because of really bad weather the hikes were all different and we didn't have time to do the full day hike and it sounded a bit dodgy aswell so we got back on the road to Wanaka where we stopped at a camp site. Oh I also got a $80 speeding ticket whoops!! Next day rained all day so went to puzzling world that was really clever and went to the cinema in the afternoon where they had funky chairs and lazyboys, at the intermission you can have all sorts of naughty but nice things to eat!! Next day we got back on the road and went for a tramp round Diamond lake on the way out of Wanaka, then we got to Queenstown and handed the campervan back early before me and Leanne killed each other, we stayed in a hostel that night. We went parasailing the next day which was fun, then we headed up the gondola and had 3 goes on the luges, they were really good fun. That night we went out in town and ended up in the World bar and had teapots of cocktails which was cool!! Next day hungover but picked up a Jucy hire car and headed for Dunedin to meet Al but couldn't get hold of him so ended up staying in a hostel. It rained all day in Dunedin so went to cadbury world, then drove to the peninsula and saw albatross. Got back on the road and headed for Christchurch. We went for a mammoth tramp in the hills of Christchurch and headed for the Sign of the Kiwi, we eventuallu found it and realised it was a tea room!! Next day we were flying to Auckland but had a mammoth wait in Auckland Airport for our flight to Oz, approx 12 hours, but me and Leanne managed to get pissed sleep in and only just made our flight, never doing that again, anyway Oz bound!!