After four weeks in New Zealand we must now bid it farewell! We travelled hundreds of miles, stayed in ten different places and met and made lots of friends! For all of us it was one of our favourite places.
My favourite bit of New Zealand was Hanmer Springs at the water park. My favourite water slide was one where you went down a huge drop. It was fun.
Martha
I liked the trampolines because I learnt to do flips. I liked making new friends at the holiday parks. I also like the view of the mountains and the cooler temperatures. I enjoyed seeing the glaciers, the Zirca Circus, Puzzling World, the luge at Queenstown and the kayaking in Wanaka. My favourite place was Hanmer Springs because the slides were fast and fun.
Sam
Yes, that huge drop was very exciting when I went on it too (arrrggg, the things I do for those kids!). It was lovely being back in New Zealand, I enjoyed it all (except possibly those dracula sandflies on the west coast, but they loved me!). It was great that the kids were able to make new friends at each holiday park – they were off on the trampolines, and playing games with new friends before we’d even unpacked at some places. I was able to catch up with my old friend Rhiannon at the start and the end of the NZ trip which was fantastic.
My favourite new place was Hokitika – we saw a driftwood sculpture competition on the beach, there were some amazing entries, plus we bought Jack London’s White Fang for only 33 cents at the local op shop (charity shop) – bargain!
Angela
I enjoyed the scenery. New Zealand is beautiful. We did some lovely walks and had some amazing views, ones that I won’t forget. I like the open space and the lack of people. I’ll be back!
Mike
We leave New Zealand and return to Australia, starting off in Melbourne. I lived and worked there for a few months over 10 years ago so it will be interesting to see what I remember and how it’s changed.
