Hello Peeps, We are here in Chile after some long flights around the world. It was strange leaving New Zealand on a long flight and arriving 5 hours before we left. We did the usual wandering around the city and found a cranky old tv to watch the england sweden game on. After a few days in Santiago and there is not much to do here, we head to Valparaiso and Vina del Mar. Valparaiso has some wicked architecture all cut into the hills and Vina del Mar is ...

Hello peeps, We are now in Christchurch and finally campervan free. 6 weeks, 7,800 kilometres, loads of petrol and a lot of illegal overnight camping later, we have now officially DONE NZ. Well some of it anyway. We are looking forward to a warm bed and for my "drivers knee" a new complaint I seem to be suffering with, to clear up. From leaving Greymouth and skirting down the wet and windy west coast we stopped into Wanaka, Arrowtown and Queenstown. It ...

Hey all, We are well and truly ensconed down on the South Island now, again, many a waterfall has passed before our camera lenses in the last 2 weeks. Waiting for the weather to improve a bit we head east to Napier and the Hawke bay region to do some wine tasting. Just a short soujourn then back to the hills of the Tongariro National Park. Well, we are still alive after the Tongariro Crossing, despite the attempt of the "fine" weather to finish us ...

Hey all, I think we have had our time in the sun and the Southern Hemisphere is now catching up with the bad weather you guys have had in the UK, as we head into autumn, its getting a bit cooler and wetter. We flew into Auckland and stayed in Ponsonby for a week. Probably 5 days too long. There is not much in Auckland apart from expensive bars and sailing trips. Minus 5 was a highlight. But we had lots of shopping to do for the winter time and managed ...

Dear All, We have successfully completed our circumnavigation of the country known as Australia. Over the last three weeks we have come from Cairns down the east coast back to the welcoming bosom of Sydney. Highlights of Cairns were the Mossman Gorge and Cape Tribulation where we hired a car for the day and drove a few hours north, where the mangroves and swamps are the realm of the big saltwater croc and the even bigger blood sucking mosquito. We also...