God defend New Zealand

That's right. We're off! Actually by this time tomorrow we'll be there. 19 days of campervanning around the south island chasing monster trout. Ruth is currently tying up some more flies for the trip. We think we have most of it organised but no doubt we'll discover we've missed something once we get there. Not too much has happened since our last blog. We've mostly been staying with friends and family killing a bit of time. Of course there was Erin and Lachlan's wedding last week which went off without a hitch. Nothing over the top, just a small bunch of family and friends, a simple ceremony and lunch at the Bavarian Beer House where they served us beers we couldn't jump over! It was a great day and we're pretty happy to welcome Lachlan into the family. Other than that things have been pretty quiet. We're staying with Pedro for another night and hopefully someone will be able to run us to the train station in the morning to catch the 5am train to the airport. We bought ourselves a few NZ dollars today, not that they're worth much! Not sure if we'll get to post any blogs whilst we're across the Tasman as we're not taking the laptop but if find the occasional internet cafe we may be able to let you all know how we're going. We will have our phone tho if anyone needs to get hold of us. And that's about all really. Be good peoples!