Hi all, Just a really quick blog to say that we have done pretty much all we wnted to do in NZ so we're flying off on Sat (9th) to Fiji and we're both quite excited! NZ has had it's moments but has not really lived up to both our and others' expectations so we are giving the motorhome back on Sat anf going to Fiji. We have booked some gorgeous accommodation and are looking forward to just relaxing in our beachside bure! Laura is actually cascading down a rive...

Hello! Well as you can see from the picture, New Zealand is not too different from certain parts of Britain.....maybe that's why sooooooooooo many Ozzies rave on about it so much cause, thus far, it's not been everything we'd hoped for. Having said that, we've done 3 fantastic dives in the last 5 days. One on the HMS Canterbury, one in a sea cave and today we went out to the famous Poor Knights islands and saw a myriad of fish, coral and reef. The weather here ...

Hi all, The view from the photo is the famous Sky Tower in Auckland which Laura actually jumped off the day before yesterday. Yes, she did have a safety harness on but nevertheless, to freefall 192 meters is pretty scarey so needless to say I happily stood at the bottom with Lorraine and Fran and took some photos! We spent a lovely day with Fran and Lorraine in Auckland and it was good to talk to other people for the day. We dropped them back at Auckland airpor...

Hi all, Well it's been some time since our last blog and apologies for that but we wanted to get a few more photos together to put on and then saw the price of the internet facilities on board the ship and thought we would wait a little longer! Since our last blog we have embarked on The Sapphire Princess and set sail. Our first stop was Melbourne (have never seen so many annoying, disease ridden pests in my life) and was also very windy so I didn't go too much...

Hi all, Yes, you did read that correctly....it does say Botany Bay and we are just down the road from Ramsgate sands too which is a bit freaky! We had a great day yesterday and went on a powerboat ride around the harbour and Manly beach. There was a swell of about 4 meters in the sea so we had just about the best conditions for getting completely airbourne. We both came off the boat completely exhausted after having held on for dear life for an hour or so and ...