Day 154 Monday 8th February 2010 Stacey says After spending the night tossing and turning til 2am, we had to be up and out for a 7.10am transfer to catch the ferry. It was a huge ferry, more like a cruise ship! The views going through the Cook Straight and into the harbour of the South Island were really nice. It was a mammoth day of traveling across to Picton and onto Nelson, arriving at 4.30pm. We passed through massive winery regions along the way. Nelson ...

Day 151 Friday 5th February 2010 Stacey says Transferring from Taupo to New Zealands' capital, Wellington, an epic 8 hour trip on the coach! We passed two of its famous mountains, which I'd spotted in a Lord of the Rings photo in a mag. We then cruised into Wellington City via a stop to the top of Mt Victoria which is a great Lookout spot to see the city. It was a pretty long coach journey for us today with (Mad Murray a previous coach driver we had) playing ou...

Day 148 Tuesday 2nd February 2010 Johno says This morning we had a bus taking us South to Taupo. First of all we headed a little west to Waitomo to visit the glow worm caves - this is where they also offer black water rafting but I decided I wouldn't take part remembering how claustrophobic I was in the Vietnamese Cu Chi tunnels. Prior to our arrival we stopped at a random rabbit shearing place which save white German angora rabbits from death by shearing off t...

Day 142 Wednesday 27th January 2010 Johno says Today we were transferring South from Auckland to Rotorua on the magic bus. First of all, we went for a drive up Mount Eden for some pretty awesome views of the city passing one tree hill that U2 used on the front of one of their albums in memory of a fan from New Zealand that died at one of their concerts, the tree doesn't hang their any longer but the driver was keen to point out the spot where it once stood. T...

Day 138 Tuesday 26th January 2010 Stacey says We woke up bright and early this morning, not being able to use the bathroom in our room as the guy in the room decided to have a 50 minute wash?! His skin head was gleaming clean! We set of on a scenic route back to Auckland, stopping at Rawene in Hokianga, we took a look at an old jail, , then over to play on the rubber tyre swing on the beach. it's a really small remote town, they don't even have any banks or A...