The last few days have been good fun. On Monday it was Josh's birthday so In the morning he went Bungy Jumping and Myself and Matt went to play Segway Golf! Segway golf is probably the best game ever invented! We caused quite a bit of havoc flying around the course into anything in our way and into each other! Once we got the hang of them we were pretty good and we were hitting the top speed most of the time and we didn't fall off much! In the afternoon the others went skydiving but I couldnt do it so Im going to try and do it somewhere else but it was a great day! In the evening josh opened up his birthday presents that we wrapped up in towels because we couldnt find and wrapping paper and then then we all digged into a bit of birthday cake after a few birthday beverages and a ferg burger which are probably the best burgers in the world!
The next day we headed off to Milford sound which is a huge fiord about 4 hours from where we were. we woke up at 6 o'clock to get there on time with me and tom sharing the driving because the other two were asleep in the back for the whole journey! Milford is an amazing place with loads of waterfalls and seals and stuff like that! we were lucky to get there on a sunny day as it rains for 220 days a year apparently.
Were back in queenstown now and were heading up the west coast to Franz Joseph in the next couple of days!
Will x
Tuesday 24 March 2009
Saturday 21 March 2009
Queenstown!
Since leaving Ronnie and Nigels house in christchurch we have been heading slightly south towards queenstown where we are now! The scenery on the way down has been amazing all the way and you never get boring roads. Myself and matt have adapted well to driving an automatic car but its taking a bit longer for josh and tom! They keep thinking the car is going to stall when they slow down so they wack there foot on the break, thinking its the clutch meaning that we stop very quickly and everyone goes flying out of their seats!
On the way down we have stopped off at a few beautiful lakes that are turquoise in coulour and are surrounded by snow capped mountains! I was tempted to go for a swim until I put my foot in the water and it was freezing cold!
Were now in queenstown which is where all the extreme sports are! We went jet boating today which was a good laugh and a bit scary as we were so close to smashing into rocks at points! Tommorrow is joshs birthday so we decided to do all the crazy things tommorrow! So in the morning josh and tom are going Bungy Jumping whilst myself and matt are playing a round of golf on segways! Our choice is a little tamer but we think a lot more fun! In the afternoon all four of us are going skydiving! I am the biggest wimp in the world so I don't know why I agreed to do it but it should be amazing! We went for the 12,000 ft one because that sounded quite high off the ground!
Ill update you on how it went after I've stopped shaking in excitement in a few days time!
Will x
On the way down we have stopped off at a few beautiful lakes that are turquoise in coulour and are surrounded by snow capped mountains! I was tempted to go for a swim until I put my foot in the water and it was freezing cold!
Were now in queenstown which is where all the extreme sports are! We went jet boating today which was a good laugh and a bit scary as we were so close to smashing into rocks at points! Tommorrow is joshs birthday so we decided to do all the crazy things tommorrow! So in the morning josh and tom are going Bungy Jumping whilst myself and matt are playing a round of golf on segways! Our choice is a little tamer but we think a lot more fun! In the afternoon all four of us are going skydiving! I am the biggest wimp in the world so I don't know why I agreed to do it but it should be amazing! We went for the 12,000 ft one because that sounded quite high off the ground!
Ill update you on how it went after I've stopped shaking in excitement in a few days time!
Will x
Thursday 19 March 2009
from Coldplay to playing in the cold (well not that cold)
So since I last wrote us guys have been up to quite a bit! The first night we drove with our campers into the middle of a forest where we could camp for free and then the next day we headed off to Sydney for the final part of our aussie adventures.
First of all in sydney we got lost on the harbour bridge! josh and Tom went one way with myself and matt behind and we wern't concentrating so Me and Matt ended up in the centre of sydney completely lost but having alot of fun accidently going into bus lands and nearlly going into car parks that were about a meter too low for our van whilst josh and tom were somewhere completely different panicking because they had lost us! After we found eachother we headed out of town to a camp site. We then headed off to see coldplay that evening - well it wasn't that easy! First of all we planned to get the bus with just over an hour to go until 30 minutes before we are meant to be there that no buses are going to turn up so we rushed back to try and get a taxi! 45 minutes after that we realised the taxi wasn't going to turn up either - by this point myself, tom and matt were just casually playing with sticks in the road quite happily whilst josh was having a mental fit and violently pacing round in circles due to thought of actually missing coldplay! We tried our hardest to calm him down but he wasn't having any of it! Josh is sat behind me at the moment saying "your making me sound like a mental" - well he was crazy! We finally got to coldplay by deciding to jump into one of the campervans and drive through sydney very quickly to get there in perfect timing, well except missing the support act! On the night coldplay were amazing and the atmosphere was awesome! they also had some cool lasers and lights which were cool!
The few days after Coldplay we took the campers back which was a sad moment, the couple of days after that we headed off around sydney and checked out a couple of beaches like bondi beach and manly beach and went into the centre of sydney.
Yesterday we got up really early to get a taxi to the airport for our flight to New Zealand! the flight went well apart from going through security on the way where we had agreed to not attract attention to ourselves and just get on the plane! This didn't quite go to plan when matts bag got searched thoroughly as it had suncream in and a giant sharp bottle opener! The flight over was nice and easy and it was time to pick up our car and head into Christchurch. The car is nice and big - the only thing is that it is automatic so were all having to get used to driving that!
Our First stop in New Zealand is where we are at the moment which is Ronnie, Nigel and Tims house. Its been amazing here staying in a proper house again and it weird having things like carpets and duvets that we have not had for the last 2 months! We've had great food which is a million times better than us four attempting to cook and I had the best nights sleep I've had in the whole holiday as I had two pillows! Normally when at home I have at least 8 pillows so having one has been difficult but two is a definite improvement! Today we headed off slightly out of christchurch to a cool cafe at the top of a hill - coincidently called 'hill top cafe'. The views from the cafe were amazing!
Over the next couple of days were heading off to queenstown to do some jet boating and bungee jumping and extreme sports like that that I will probably wimp out of most of them and ill sit with a cup of tea and watch from a distance!
Hope all is well,
Will x
First of all in sydney we got lost on the harbour bridge! josh and Tom went one way with myself and matt behind and we wern't concentrating so Me and Matt ended up in the centre of sydney completely lost but having alot of fun accidently going into bus lands and nearlly going into car parks that were about a meter too low for our van whilst josh and tom were somewhere completely different panicking because they had lost us! After we found eachother we headed out of town to a camp site. We then headed off to see coldplay that evening - well it wasn't that easy! First of all we planned to get the bus with just over an hour to go until 30 minutes before we are meant to be there that no buses are going to turn up so we rushed back to try and get a taxi! 45 minutes after that we realised the taxi wasn't going to turn up either - by this point myself, tom and matt were just casually playing with sticks in the road quite happily whilst josh was having a mental fit and violently pacing round in circles due to thought of actually missing coldplay! We tried our hardest to calm him down but he wasn't having any of it! Josh is sat behind me at the moment saying "your making me sound like a mental" - well he was crazy! We finally got to coldplay by deciding to jump into one of the campervans and drive through sydney very quickly to get there in perfect timing, well except missing the support act! On the night coldplay were amazing and the atmosphere was awesome! they also had some cool lasers and lights which were cool!
The few days after Coldplay we took the campers back which was a sad moment, the couple of days after that we headed off around sydney and checked out a couple of beaches like bondi beach and manly beach and went into the centre of sydney.
Yesterday we got up really early to get a taxi to the airport for our flight to New Zealand! the flight went well apart from going through security on the way where we had agreed to not attract attention to ourselves and just get on the plane! This didn't quite go to plan when matts bag got searched thoroughly as it had suncream in and a giant sharp bottle opener! The flight over was nice and easy and it was time to pick up our car and head into Christchurch. The car is nice and big - the only thing is that it is automatic so were all having to get used to driving that!
Our First stop in New Zealand is where we are at the moment which is Ronnie, Nigel and Tims house. Its been amazing here staying in a proper house again and it weird having things like carpets and duvets that we have not had for the last 2 months! We've had great food which is a million times better than us four attempting to cook and I had the best nights sleep I've had in the whole holiday as I had two pillows! Normally when at home I have at least 8 pillows so having one has been difficult but two is a definite improvement! Today we headed off slightly out of christchurch to a cool cafe at the top of a hill - coincidently called 'hill top cafe'. The views from the cafe were amazing!
Over the next couple of days were heading off to queenstown to do some jet boating and bungee jumping and extreme sports like that that I will probably wimp out of most of them and ill sit with a cup of tea and watch from a distance!
Hope all is well,
Will x
Tuesday 10 March 2009
Somewhere further down Australia
Since I last wrote a post we have done so much I have forgetten most things and lost what order we have done everything in!
the campervans are nearlly coming to an end as we have to give them back on saturday but they have been alot of fun and we have had some crazy times! One evening we were tired so we stopped off on a random road outside a chinese church and cooked some dinner and fell asleep. The next morning we woke up to find ourselves parked in the middle of roadworks with 8 lorrys surrounding us and a traffic light system working each side of us with us in the middle of it! Was very amusing but we quickly got out of the roadworks as soon as we could!
We spent three days in Byron bay which was alot of fun as there was a very cool beach with lots of waves so we spent lots of our time in the water on our body boards! After byron we headed out to Nimbin which is a little town in the middle of the forest which I can officially say is the weirdest place I've ever been! Every shop was selling either drugs or 'herbal remidies' and people would come up to you and offer you drugs, I would probably class it as hippie heaven - but we didn't stay long!
The last couple of days we have been heading down through the great lakes which are very cool and alot quieter than alot of other places, yesterday we found some huge sand dunes that were like a desert they were so big so we got our body boards out and spent the afternoon dune boarding which was very amusing!
Apart from all this we have been chilling on the beach and cooking up tasty meals in the campers - were all expert cooks now!
Oh, we had alot of fun in australia zoo as well! we chilled out with koalas and kangaroos and all that kind of stuff!
Hope all is well,
Will x
the campervans are nearlly coming to an end as we have to give them back on saturday but they have been alot of fun and we have had some crazy times! One evening we were tired so we stopped off on a random road outside a chinese church and cooked some dinner and fell asleep. The next morning we woke up to find ourselves parked in the middle of roadworks with 8 lorrys surrounding us and a traffic light system working each side of us with us in the middle of it! Was very amusing but we quickly got out of the roadworks as soon as we could!
We spent three days in Byron bay which was alot of fun as there was a very cool beach with lots of waves so we spent lots of our time in the water on our body boards! After byron we headed out to Nimbin which is a little town in the middle of the forest which I can officially say is the weirdest place I've ever been! Every shop was selling either drugs or 'herbal remidies' and people would come up to you and offer you drugs, I would probably class it as hippie heaven - but we didn't stay long!
The last couple of days we have been heading down through the great lakes which are very cool and alot quieter than alot of other places, yesterday we found some huge sand dunes that were like a desert they were so big so we got our body boards out and spent the afternoon dune boarding which was very amusing!
Apart from all this we have been chilling on the beach and cooking up tasty meals in the campers - were all expert cooks now!
Oh, we had alot of fun in australia zoo as well! we chilled out with koalas and kangaroos and all that kind of stuff!
Hope all is well,
Will x
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