Sydney airport

Christchurch

Flew into Christchurch airport early afternoon before gettin a rental car and driving to the motel. We went for a walk through the city which despite being the biggest in the south island was nice andLes mer
Rakaia George

Had an unplanned stop with beautiful views of the river flowing through the mountains with very cold waters, rocky shore and two cool bridges.
Geraldine

Had a stop at Geraldine where we went to barkers eatery and food store. We got to try their cordial flavors with sparkling water but it came from it's own little tap. We had a nice coffee break beforeLes mer
Lupin flower fields

Photo stop at a field filled with purple lupin flowers.
Lake Tekapo

Very windy at the amazing views of lake tekapo.
Lake Pukaki

Another lake stop near Tekapo but with views of mount cook where the clouds decided to part so we could see the top. We walked along to a dam and bought some salmon sushi from a farm near mount cook.
Twizel

We stayed the night in Twizel staying at a cute 2 story mountain chalet. We played on the playground and climbed the bulldozer and thumbs that made the dams. For dinner we made some cheese burgers andLes mer
Omarama

We saw some Maori cave drawings on the sides of cliffs. We also had a stop at a hydropower station and there was a kinda waterfall from the lake.
Omaru

We went to the steampunk HQ which was like a fun museum and art thing with metal, machinery and old things put together. We went inside 'the portal' where there was an awesome light and mirror show.Les mer
Moeraki boulders

We walk down the cold beach to the perfect sphere rocks that are in the middle of the sand. No one actually knows how they got there. We climbed on some of them and had to balance to not fall in theLes mer
Dunedin

We dropped our stuff at the hotel then explored the city. We saw a cool church and court house and I bough a wooden box with a paua fern on top of it.
Lanarch castle

An early trip to the Scottish castle that was on top of a hill with panoramic views of Dunedin. We went throughout the castle and read about its history. We climbed the small winding staircase to theLes mer
Royal albatross centre

A short drive on very windy roads took us to the royal albatross centre. This is the only accessible albatross colony in the world but it was really expensive so we settled with the views and otherLes mer
Tunnel beach

We went on a long, steep and slightly slippery walk down the cliffs of tunnel beach to where there was a small rock tunnel carved into the mountain. Once we went through this we were on an amazingLes mer
Dunedin city exploring (needs pics)

We went to the city's museum which was actually really cool with lots of things from the first settlers but also electronics, toys, cars, trains and computers from different decades. Next we went toLes mer
Milton (add pics)

We went to a park by a lake and there was a slide just randomly in the middle of the lake. We all (other than bianca) went on this cool thing that's kind of like a 4 way hanging seesaw. Next we wentLes mer
Nugget point lighthouse

We went on a walk along the cliff to a light house. There were lots of bumble bees and butter cups that glow under your chin.
Gore -maccas

We had a stop over to try some kiwi maccas food. I had a double chicken mc cheese which was actually really nice. We tried the chocolate dipped ice cream and they were great but kinda messy.
Te Anau

It was nice and sunny so we went for a walk around the lake before going home.
Milford Sound

Fiordland national park

Glenorchy

Isengard

Queenstown

We came to queenstown and its a lot different to all the other places we have been. It has gold coast vibes but nicer. We saw a bunch of the thrill things like speed boats, skydiving and other stuff.Les mer