South Island is RIDICULOUS (Abel Tasman, Franz Josef) 

You guys should be nominated for the Best RU-vid Travel Vloggers Photography awards..🏆📸🏆

We often call Nelson the arty farty city. There are a lot of creative like artists and the like living there. draws a lot of retirees wanting to live there in retirement

South island is stunning - every hour there is another amazing thing to see :)

New Zealand's South island is the most beautiful place I have ever been to. So great to revisit it with you guys. Love your videos!

Very evocative video thanks again. Gosh the glacier has receded heaps since I was there in the late 80's when I could easliy walk up to it. It was dirty with gravel and crushed rock at the face but when you looked into it you could see this deep, deep blue clour. I seem to remember it making a creaking sound. Stay safe, Melb Si

Starting another Sunday with a big smile thanks to yet another of your feel-good vlogs! NZ tourism needs to thank you! Stunning videography and was amused to see you found a BIG thing - a kiwi no less! The tractor pulling a boat on the water had me totally cracked up too - you wouldn’t think sea water (if in fact it is salty) would do the tractor much good! Cheveyo, I score you a solid 8/10 for your attempt at a NZ accent! Great to see your back is feeling much better Tia!

That's actually cool Temperate Rainforest there.

Cheveyo the bird nerd needs to google the haast eagle 😉 keep up the awesome work TeamA 🌺🌺 gorgeous postcard draw please 😊

I was born in Nelson & lived there till I was 7 or 8 years old. I haven't visited in around 8 years now but it was always such a chill place.

Kiwis seem to love those giant kitsch "monuments"

Me too about the Franz Joseph went there many years ago and walked on it. I didn't recognise any part of it. I had heard it was receding, but can't really believe how much. Oh and can't wait to see your reaction to Milford.

I'm watching this from Timaru, New Zealand. Really enjoying you guys cruising around NZ and your take on this country so far. Look forward to the next episode 🙂

Tia, as someone with a long-term back disability, you have all my sympathy. The truth is that, if we live long enough, everyone will eventually get a disability of some kind, and they can be, as the name implies, extremely debilitating.

As a kiwi born Aussie I have never been to the west coast of the South Island. Now I want to go back! Truly inspiring travellers 😊

Thank you for showing me the beauty of New Zealand. You have such a talent.

Thank you for showing us the beauty of NZ. Luv the postcardx

The South Island looks amazing!

If my day has been less than ordinary and I sit down as the Sun is setting to enjoy a glass of Red. I open my IPad and see a new video from you, immediately I know that my day has just brightened. Your infectious spirit of happiness and Tia’s smile melts any of my less than harmonious thoughts away. You both have a zest for life and confirm my belief that life is for living. P.S your videography is amazing and so professional also.😂

You continue to make traveling beautiful, romantic and fun. Keep up the great work! (And keep finding Big Things to apply Tia for Scale) 😂

Stunningly beautiful tour! Thanks for taking us along!

I come from Marlborough and used to work in Franz Josef. I cannot believe how far back the glacier has gone back! When I was there it was coming forward 1-2m per day and you could walk to the bottom in about 40mins or less. When you come back up from the Haast side, there is a beautiful little walk at Ship Creek (say that fast 5 times) and it has a beach walk and a forest walk that are super easy but so lovely. The beach one is perfect at sunset and the forest one is lovely whatever the day - raining it's amazing! I love the West Coast scenery! Mountains, Lakes, bush, birds etc. I can't remember if you what path you are taking next - I think it's over to Christchurch. I went on a couple of university trips around the Mt Cass area- just on the otherside of Arthur's Pass township. I have very fond memories of that whole area too!

Tractors on the beach! Excellent

Another fantastic video! Thanks for all the time you put into filming & editing these. I always REALLY look forward to your videos & get excited when they appear in my feed! Aaaand…. If you loved the South Island, I promise that you will truly love Tasmania when you get there! 😘😘

Love your journey and the way you share it with everyone ✨🙏✨

Do the trans-alpine railway if you can.

Amazing scenery. I’ve never been inspired to visit New Zealand but your videos might just change my mind 😉

glaciers grew during the little ice age which ended around 1850. The glacier naturally has been retreating ever since.

Love the quality of the videos. I actually went to the same glacier in the past week so surprised I didn’t see you. Love the postcard

10:43 crazy cool scenery wow!!

It's so cool to relive our own holiday in NZ last year through you guys🥰🤗thnx for sharing and taking us along ✨️🫰🏼greetings from Germany🌟

Hello, 1st time to leave my details for your latest postcard, the reason is it's by far my favourite. Well done. Loving your NZ trek and hope Tia,s back keeps improving . 😊 Jane Hiscock Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺

You misesd nelson lakes aswell , a detour you could have taken on your way to Murchison . You turnoff to left road at fox hill which goes to st arnord . It also where the local ski feild is rainbow 🌈 ski feild

We did that same Able Tasman sea taxi and walk in Feb this year. Awesome!! You could also try walks in Queen Charlotte Sound - multi day, with some cool (but admittedly slightly pricy) accommodation choices. Love your work. Look after that back!

Thanks, guys! One of your best videos. I really enjoyed it, thanks so much for sharing. You’re the best!

You guys remind me of my wife and I. You are always joking and often hold hands while walking.

Awesome vid guys well done. 👌 love love the south island ❤

Beautifully shot footage Kia ora

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 loving your travels❤

I love your "Tia for scale" shots..... happy thanksgiving from Toronto Canada to our US neighbours and friends 😄

@10:06 in the US you use miles per gallon. The rest (?) of the world uses l/100km. 29mpg = 8,11l/100km. Which means, it is ok, but could be better. Nowadays 5-6l more likely.

Thank you both for your diligent work! We love the post card😀

The crepe rocks are incredible, they look 3d printed!

The south island is so beautiful! I haven't been there before, one day I hope to travel it the way you are!

Love your videos always makes me laugh. Keep them coming

I flew over Franz Josef Glacier in the chopper a few years ago and a snow landing in the mountains , was ridiculously expensive but what an experience. So glad you made it to the glaciers 😂

Surely go down the west coast to QT

So beautiful ❤

Another great video! 😊💜 Love the combination of what you are doing and how you show the fantastic scenery. Thank you 🤩

Love the giant kiwi statue and Tia for scale. 😂 Look out for the roaming mobile kiwis. The postcard is beautiful.

Beautiful ❤

Love your travel vlogs and always feel tempted to jump in to comment on everything... enjoy being out there and travel safe as you go from subtropical rainforest to temperate maritime forest. FYI the Pancake Rocks at Punakaike are limestone: very similar limestone formations renowned in North Island Waitomo glow worm caves that you really must visit some time.

My parents bring there luxury 50ft crusier boat from neleon to kaiteriteri " Anchorage bay like some Nelsonian do beautiful part of new Zealand

welcome to my home country, glad your enjoying yourselves, chur :)

Get stuck into Vegemite it wards off sand flies once it gets into your system 🙂, just a bit of trivia😃 😅

Enjoying your journey just so much! Happy thanksgiving 😊

Greymouth usually foggy ! Look clear that day

That big kewi is a bit like the big potato in Australia but with a beak 😂

Those exotic animals and plants you were discussing, is why Australia’s Customs and Border Protection is so strict, we need to protect ours as well.

Natural beauty

Not mongoose……….stoats. Visited Franz Josef Glacier in the 80’s. So sad to see how far it’s retreated.

Wait, NZ is no longer on the Bangkok airport map at all? A few years ago it was there but upside down hahaha. My friend tried to take a photo and was told off by security and made to delete it.

Incredibly beautiful ❤

I was there 2 weeks ago, and I think ridiculous is an appropriate description.

No Mongoose, Ferrets and Stoats are the pests..in nz

Like #11 from Gilbert, Arizona! ❤🌵🥝🎉

Dramatic scenery!

Wearing perfume and deodorants attracts wasps my misses got stung by a paper wasp on the thigh / leg a 10cm swollen circle it was sore for 7 days, then by day 10 a big black bruise 15cm big patch...

You found a giant kiwi bird 😂😂😂😂

You two are so cute! ❤❤NZL should pay you

Fool of a Took! ❤

I would love to do this and was wondering if you make enough money from RU-vid to keep goinh

The reason you see a rainforrest is unfortunately its become too warm to sustain the glacier down the mountain. It's a shame people still don't believe in the climate crisis. The glaciers of NZ are expected to disappear completely and are doing so are at a rapid pace. The birdlife has been decimated. Because there is little to no mamals birds had no preditors until humans arrived. The biggest problem was the introduction of, mongoose, austtralian possums and rats etc.

A simple way to think of the damage human kind have brought to these islands is….. Apart from native bats, if it’s got four legs and warm blood… it’s been imported! 😱 None of them have done the local fauna and flora any good. ☹️

Be on the lookout for Kiwizilla, the giant mobile kiwi roaming NZ

:-) This makes me want to go back to NZ. Terrible to see how far the glacier has retreated though.

West coast is just awesome, from Heaphy Track down to Haast pass it has some awesome hikes and scenery. I'm shocked how much FranzJ has receided in the 15 years since I last hiked it.

My unsolicited advice for Tia, as someone who has had back issues for years (since scoliosis as a teenager) is: work on building up your core muscles, abdominals and back muscles, which will in turn cushion your spine and hold it in alignment, to feel less pain, twists and twinges. I noticed this massively when I started working with a personal trainer… I have almost no back pain, twists and twinges now since working out for a year. As travellers, I don’t think gyms are necessary with the amount of videos and fitness apps online to help you target some daily core routines to add to your already very active lifestyle hiking around this amazing world😊. However, if you’re ever in place for a week or two, I think it’s worth it to pay for 1-2 one-on-one sessions with an expert to get you on your way properly (correctly) with a tool-kit to work on eliminating your back issues, during your travels.

If you get the chance to visit one of the sounds on the west coast, do so. Milford Sound or Doubtful Sound. You won't regret it.

Thank you, Tia and Cheveyo, for your incredible videos! Happy Thanksgiving to you, mates! And have an awesome day!❤

Wow! Amazing and stunning photography and drone footage. We love NZ too, and hiked up to Fox Glacier in 2007 with our kids! So spectacular and something you never forget. How’s your back, Tia? Travel safe guys. 😍🥰

After seein this video, I'm totally convinced that chiveyo is secretly a birdwatcher

Happy Thanksgiving. As an Australian tourist I walked all over the Franz Joseph glacier in 1974. I’m shocked to see how much it’s receded. It’s still beautiful. By the way, it’s officially Cool Temperate Rainforest in New Zealand and Tasmania.

Great vid guys. It is a shame you did not have enough time to explore the north island properly.

Beautiful part of the country. No Mongoose here, the biggest pests are possums, rats. ferets and stoats.

Tia and Cheveyo, you guys are the embodyment of this pure and sunny energy of love and excitement🌞 I literally can't stop smiling while watching your videos and I'm soo so grateful for what you are doing)) Happy Thanksgiving! With love from Belarus💞

Happy Thanksgiving Tia and Cheveyo! This looks so beautiful and very inspiring to explore the south island of NZ. Looking forward to seeing more of your adventures in NZ. Regards from Australia! 😊

Fabulous indeed. I never wanted to leave the south island. Stunning in every direction. A visual masterpiece.

Nice vid. That would have been the smallest "Turkey " you have had for Thanksgiving. 8 years ago did South Island in a motor home for 14 days. Franz Joseph was amazing. We did a chopper flight over it and landed on the top. Expensive but amazing. Do one of the sounds.

I went to the glaciers in about 1982, they were very easy to get to back then, walked on them (guided tour), it’s still one of my life highlights.

WHat about going to TASMANIA after new zealand, you missed Tasmania when you were in Australia

Hey Guys, if you are still travelling south in the south island, consider stopping for the night at Tekapo (hopefully it is a clear night). theres a dark sky sanctuary around there (no light pollution). the night sky up there in the mountains is incredible to just lie back, stare up and admire. truly does show you just how small we are on our rock in space. love that you guys are enjoying our country so much.

Your video production is awesome. I do feel a bit sorry for you though with all the little bits of video of you walking past etc. Must take forever. The drone, magnificent🤩🤩🤩

Franz... Where you're standing is where i touched it last.... 1985

Great video guys, the footage that you take and your story telling is awesome, love your passion and enthusiasm!

I used to have back problems, muscle spasms and whatnot and then I started taking Magnesium daily and I have only had one episode in the past few years.

Back in the 80's we walked on the glacier which was way down the valley. It was so warm walking (with ice boots and a pointed staff) that half way through we were down to tshirts and wishing we could take them off. Walking through brilliant blue ice caves which would form overnight and be gone a day or so later. Magic! Enjoy the rest of the country. I was 18 and left South Austraia on a working holiday in NZ and returned almost 6 years later. The Pancake Rocks seem to be fenced off now. We laid on them back them, and sat on them eating our lunches. 40 years brings a lot of changes, just saying.

Nau mai, haere mai to Te Wai Pounamu guys. In particular my home, my heart, the West Coast. So glad we turned the weather on for you ;). Your trip is about to blow your mind. 😛

South island have mountains that looks like the swiss alps , places not to be missed would be lake wanaka , milford sound , arrowtown , queenstown., christchurch , lake takepo , mt cook

Tia picking the destination? More big sculptures of animals.😂 But she does draw nice postcards. You should print cards with envelopes and sell them like Chritmas cards. 10 different cards in a box.

Watching from Wellington. Just a hint. If you plan more walks it is a realllllllly good idea to have decent shoes. New Zealand walks aren't just 'a walk in the park' and it's a good idea to be serious about footwear. Love your video, I have pictures of me in a glacial crevasse on Franz Joseph, from what doesn't seem like that long ago. It's incredible how much it has receeded.