Not long after my last journal my van had to take its Warrant of Fitness. Well it failed badly so i had little choice to scrap it. At the time i was mighty pissed off but in a way it was a blessing in disguise.
I decided i was sick of the North Island so i hopped on the plane to the South again to Christchurch. Spent a week there buying a new van and trying to plot what i want to do next. I met some guy (who as it turns out is an asshole but at the time seemed ok at the time) and he mentioned he was heading to Queenstown, which is the main Ski-Town in NZ. This sounded like a super-dooper plan and i figured that i could get a job and a flat out here. Not only is it in a fantastic location but its quite a lively town, always something going on etc.
So we drove over here and at the moment i'm going through the motions of trying to find somewhere to live (theres plenty of flatshares available) and a so so job. Working in an outdoor shop would be ideal i think.
My plan is to work through the summer maybe and then have enough $ to spent the winter learning to snowboard. And then it'll be just about time to come home. Anyway thats about it i guess. Out of curiousity i drove up to where Isengard was filmed yesterday. Mighty impressive. I also went for a walk and stumbled upon the location where the filmed the "Oliphant Scene." No-one at 'ome would believe this :/
Crazy. NZ really is Middle-Earth. Rohan is up the road, i might go check out later but the weather is a bit pish-pash today.

thats all really. a few new piccies in my gallery. I don't really need a van now that i'll have a flat. But its a pretty cool vehicle so i don't care!