We arrived in Kaikoura and were quite surprised at how lovely the little beach was. Our campsite was a few steps away from the beach and the views were stunning! It also helped that the sun was shining, so we spent the afternoon sitting outside a little pub having a few drinky poos. We also booked a Kayaking trip for the following day around the Abel Tasmen Natl Park. During the night, it didn't actually stop raining and we were worried that we may not be able t...

We got the early boat over from the North to the South Island and drove straight to Donna Noel's place in Nelson. We met her boyfriend Andy and their house mate Claire, but unfortunately for Andy he had to go to work five minutes after we arrived, so we got on the beers with the girls. Their house is stunning and they have a beautiful garden with a lovely view. The sun beems into the living room and its just got a really nice layout. Claire cooked us a roast din...

After Lake Taupo we went to New Plymouth for a few days. We stayed ina really nice campsite where we had our own secluded little bit of garden. We went in the sauna one night and it was so hot after ten minutes we had to turn it off and open the door, for fear of passing out! lol... "oh yes, lovely and relaxing, thank you". On the Saturday morning we went to a Market which was a little bit naff, as it was a bit more like a jumble sale. But we got ourse...

We arrived in Rotorua late afternoon and finally got to see Chrissie, Wayne and their beautiful daughter Mckenzie (3 months!) and Waynes daughter Maia. Chrissie has cooked us a lovely dinner and it was really nice to catch up over a few (too many!) glasses of wine. Time flew by and before we knew it we were all tucked up sound asleep. The next day after a hungover burger king breakfast me and Ant went to the shops to buy some more camping gear. We picked up foo...

We arrived in Sydney and caught a train straight to Gosford. My Uncle Mark and all the family came to pick us up and took us back to their house. They had already set up a bed downstairs which we would have assumed was for us, but instead they gave us their bedroom, so they didn't wake us in the mornings. We felt bad taking their room but they insisted and it was very much appreciated. We had some lovely meals with them all and then on the Sunday we all caught t...