We said our goodbyes to John and Lynn and boarded our toy plane to Christchurch. The view from the plane was amazing clear blue sky and snow covered mountains it was exciting to see what was to come.Once we landed we headed straight off to pick up our campervan. After doing I don't know how many circles of Christchurch's bloody one way system we parked up for the night and tried to figure out how the heck to put the bed up (always a confusing one). The next morni...

So whilst we were in smelly Rotorua the rain was pouring and pouring so we treated our selves to a day at the Polynesian spa. Most of the mineral pools were between 37 and 42 degrees so as you can imagine we warmed up pretty quick. They are all naturally heated by the warm earth underneath. Apparently the earths crust is very thin here that's why there is so much thermal activity, most houses have hot pools all you have to do is dig down and there you go! You can...

WE said our last goodbyes to australia and got our flight to New Zealand. It all didnt start so well as the airline lost heikis bag for 4 days! poor thing it was raining and cold and he only had a a pair of trousers and a jacket tolast him the whole time! Any way we got a see alot of the city including the harbour bridge and the sky tower. we also took a trip over to Devonport and gpt some great views of the city (even though it was very cloudy) We definatly had ...