More than one million Australians take flights to New Zealand each year, drawn across the ditch by the islands' otherworldly scenery and laidback charm.
The Land of the Long White Cloud welcomes Australians year round. Summer is high season of course, but winter, with New Zealand's fantastic sports scene, sees Australians come in droves to the ski fields of the North Island, the Southern Alps and Queenstown, the extreme sports capital of the world, for the Queenstown Winter Festival.
With the success of the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, theChronicles Of Narnia and the Hobbit film a new generation of travellers have taken cheap flights to New Zealand, all falling (happily) under its spell.