Kristopher's New Zealand Trip

Last time I left off we were just starting to surf on the Gold Coast in Australia. We continued to do that for a couple of weeks while staying at the campground. We managed to stand up more and more often. One day while out at see we saw a fin. We started to freak out thinking it may be a shark. Then it jumped to the surface and it was a dolphin. For a couple minutes we had a whole pod of dolphins swimming around us. Somewhere along the line I damaged my surfboard and had to get it repaired. ...

We arrived in Australia on the 9th of March. Our plane landed in Brisbane which is halfway up the east coast. Week took a train from the airport to the centre of Brisbane. Then we spent the next hour looking for a hostel. After searching for ever we ended staying at a hostel that wasn't cheap, and was horrid. All the hostels were either really dumpy and expensive, or nice and outragously expensive. We spent 4 days in Brisbane deciding where we would be going for the next couple of weeks. Afte...

So Its been a while since my last post. The reason is there hasn't really been much to talk about. I know you're like "Kris you spent 5 weeks in New Zealand, how was that not the coolest thing ever?" Well the truth of the matter is, we were pretty much done our trip in NZ but had to kill 5 weeks before Australia to save money. We decided that we would try and find a job for a couple of weeks in Christchurch to make a little cahsh before we went to Oz. After leaving Stewart we went straight to...

***Warning this is an extremely long post. I'm sorry but I just had so much to say***

So we finally made it to Te Anau to do the Keplar track and Milford Sound. When we got to Te Anau we found that the Keplar was booked up in the tent sites for another 2 days and that the huts were $45 dollars each as upposed to $15 for campsites. We also found out that the 60km cirtuit only had one campsite. We decided to book in for 2 days later and do the Milford Sound stuff first. A...

So we managed to stop off at a town over Christmas. It was really good to stop somewhere for a couple days and rest up. The hostel was one of the best rated hostels in all of NZ and we were able to stay there for only $20 a night. The hostel was really nice and had a completementary Christmas dinner. While we were in Greymouth I got a new camera. Its smaller and waterproof so I can get pictures on hikes a lot easier. Our hostel had free golf clubs to use so we played 2 rounds of golf while in...

This blog post is about the most epic of hikes that we have completed sofar. It wasn't the most epic for the scenery, although that was really good. Itwas physically challenging and mentally challenging. On a normal weathercondition this wouldn't have been as challenging but because 3 of the 5 days ofhiking were in rain and we were on the mountain, it became really epic. Afterraining a large amount on our first day where we only had to walk an hour wemade it to the first cabin, Cold-water. Th...

So its been a while since the last post. We left Blenheim a week or two ago. The day we left Blenheim we drove up to Picton. We hopped on a water-taxi and drove out to the end of the Queen Charolette Track into Ship Cove. The drive out was incredable. We drove up through the sounds. Once we got up to the end of the track we hopped out of the boat and we started the walk. The first day was really difficult while we were hiking because we went straight up the hill and then down but it was only ...

Hey team. So its been a while since I have posted anything but there hasn't really been that much to post. Lately we have still been hanging out in the hostel. We have indeed found work though. Mostly so far what we have been doing is bud rubbing. Basically what that is, is you go to every vine and rub off all the buds and shoots of the bottom so when we you spray herbasides the plants won't die. It doesn't sound that complicated but if you want to know what it feels like, run a couple of mil...

So this time I have put my blog into video form. Here it is.

So we have finally made it to blenheim. It looks like we may have beat the job market by about a week or two. We have decided to hang out a while in The Grapevine which is a backpackers hostel. Right now there is pretty much nobody here and we have been having a good time hanging out with this German guy. Today we managed to get out on the river which is right behind the hostel and do some Kayaking. It was super fun. We went quite a ways down river and then turned around and came all the way ...