I am coming to the end of my South Island trip - and it has been awesome! My first place I stayed was in Nelson; which has been my favourite city in New Zealand. Unfortunately I lost all my photos from Nelson; luckily it was only 3 days worth as I downloaded all the rest of my north island trip the previous day. Nelson is a fantastic place; it's the sunniest place in NZ, it has a hill which is the centre of NZ & it has Founders village; which brew some brilli...

I have been in New Zealand for over a month so thought I should update my blog. All I have to say is I have fallen in love with the country!! From my last blog I decided to go with Stray tours to get around the Islands and overall it's been a great experience!! Firstly, I went to the far North of New Zealand to the Bay of Islands & Cape Reinga. It was a very good trip where I watched dolphins swim in the sea, go sand-boarding, travel down a ninety mile beach ...

Hi Guys, I am in a new country so updating my blog. Have landed safely in New Zealand & stayed in Auckland for a bit until I decide how to approach the Islands.Since last time I wrote I have travelled on the East coast from Cairns to Brisbane. As I mentioned i snorkelled in the Great Barrier Reef near Cairns which was immense with colours so vivid (fish & reef). My next destination was Townsville; I arrived on a public holiday called' Queen's Birthday'. ...