Back to New Zealand

Arrived in Christchurch at about 1am on Thursday morning, so have already been here nearly a week. The flight was fine again and I was pleased that customs again decided to stop me and cleaned my boots and tent. Spent Thursady looking around the city. I came here about 6 years ago, and it hasn't changed much from what I remember. In the afternoon I decided to experiance some real NZ culture- sheep. I went to a big agriculture show just outside the city. Its a big thing here and everyone gets a day off work to go to it. As you would expect in a country with 10 times as many sheep as people, there was a huge display of sheep and I saw the highly prized best sheep of the show, it was closer to the size of a cow than a normal sheep.

The next few days were mainly taken up with bus journeys to get to the start of the Milford track. The bus across to Queenstown, was a nice drive with good views over to Mount Cook and the Southern Alps. Just stayed here a night on my way further South to Te Anau. THis is just a small village by the side of a huge lake, so again this was just an overnight stop and a chance to get organised for the next few days.