So I know that we have been a bit slack of late with the blog and so I thought that I would give you a brief run down of what we were up to in Australia. Unfortunately we were only there for 2 months and so everything was a bit hectic. We arrived in Melbourne on the 11th April and spent a couple of days looking around and taking in the sights. It was quite a difference to being in New Zealand with loads of people and lots of hustle and bustle. Whilst we were i...

Well after returning to the North Island we spent a couple of days in Wellington, checking out the Parliament building and Te Papa museum. After Wellington we headed back to good old Palmerston North for the weekend before hitting the road again on Monday 31st March 2008 and heading to Rotorua. For those who don't know Rotorua is a centre for geothermal activity, which means that the whole place smells like egg sandwiches and there are hot pools and steam aro...

So it me again twice in a row and on a roll. So after the fun in Christchurch, we drove to a former French settlement called Akoroa. This was a beautiful small holiday town where all the shops had "la" in front which was very funny. It was quite busy as it was easter so back into the tent we went!! However this was no ordinary New Zealand camp site as at about 630 an ice cream van can along which was wicked. From Akaroa we continued North to a place c...

Ok so its my turn already (I am sure that it is getting more frequent! I must be doing an ok job). After the action of Queenstown and Dunedin, we decided to take it easy and headed for the otago peninsula, a small piece of land off the east coast of Dunedin. Whilst here we both turned into a pair of Bill Odies and saw Penguins, Albatroses seals and sea lions. Watching the Penguins come to shore was wicked and Ali thought it was the best thing she had ever seen. ...

7th March 2008 - 10th March 2008 So we arrived in Queenstown and after all Tony's moaning about sleeping in the Tent we decided to stay in a hostel for the weekend (plus the weather had forecast rain). We drove around to just about every hostel in town and quickly realised that we were not going to get a bed for the night. Fortunately the local campsite had a spare tent pitch and we reluctantly started pitching the tent again. Tony almost tripped over his bottom...