BULA!! So Fiji was fun. Not really intended as part of my world trip it was just a detour that didn't cost any extra to go so I thought why not. After doing as much as possible in New Zealand in only 3 and a half weeks I needed some chill time to prepare me for America, so lounging around in a hammock for a week was quite appealing. Fiji is made up of hundreds of islands, over 300 in fact. In other words plenty of opportunity for escape. I found mine on the islan...

....so after Wanaka onto Queenstown, the adventure capital of New Zealand! Here I decided to try skiing for the first time. Had it been anything like ice skating I'd have been in a bit of a pickle as I can't ice skate for toffee...or chocolate truffles for that point! And to begin with I thought It'd be a day of gloom as I failed to move an inch to begin with, much to the ammusement of the rest of the group. But then something clicked and I got the hang of it and...

The world is a special sight from 12,000ft, even more spectacular when you're hurtling towards it at 120mph! Yes, I've done a skydive and what an amazing experience it was! It all happened so fast I hardly had time to think about it. I did it in Franz Joseph and was flown over the mountains and the glaciers before being chucked out of the plane. My tandem guy, Trev, was very nice and reassuring and taught me all I needed to know which I'm sure I forgot as soon as...

Far inferior to the original....but it has some good points. First port of call was at Coffs Harbour. We stayed a night and the next day got a bus to Dorrigo, a little village around an hour inland from the coast. Here we were picked up by Jenni, our WOOFING farm host who was going to be taking care of us for the next few days. Jenni lives on a beautiful spot of land with gorgeous views all around. She lives with 2 goats, 2 horses, a dog called Chillie, bunny, gu...

Fraser Island was described to us by our guide as the largest sandpit in the world...in many ways I guess he's right. Fraser Island consists completely of sand, which at times is hard to believe as you drive through pristine rainforest. We decided to do a tour after hearing some horror stories about self drive 4x4 cars crashing, falling over, getting stuck in sand etc as their inexperienced drivers don't really know how best to control them. However, it was still...