Well happy new year 2006! Hope you all had a good one! Ours was a good giggle, after sunning ourselves over Christmas on the beach we headed down to Nelson, (a busy town north of the south island) where we met up with some mates of Graham. 2 NZ guys, an Irish couple, and an Irish girl. They had rented a lovely house, so after a night of dancing and drinking in an Irish bar 'till god knows when, we sat on the veranda watching the sunrise over the harbour. I di...

Happy Christmas and New Year everyone! Can not believe it is going to be 2006 soon! We are spending new year in Nelson, a supposedly happening town, it had better be as we have just given up the chance to be at a 3 day Drum and Bass rave in the hills to be here!! We would like to say a huge thank you to Gill and my mum and dad for the prezzys. Gill I haven't stopped wearing my tops they are perfect, neither has Dave. The sweets went down very well too! Mum and ...

Well here we are, we made it to the South of the North island in one piece and are all still getting along fine! Tommy and Greame are getting the ferry tonight at three am and we shoot over at six pm tmoz. Since the last update we have dropped off dad and sent him back to the minus four degree temperatures, of back home, and started off on our little tour of the west coast. After having lots of hassle trying to pick up the van we eventually got picked up...

Well here we are, we made it to the South of the North island in one piece and are all still getting along fine! Tommy and Greame are getting the ferry tonight at three am and we shoot over at six pm tmoz. Since the last update we have dropped off dad and sent him back to the minus four degree temperatures, of back home, and started off on our little tour of the west coast. After having lots of hassle trying to pick up the van we eventually got picked up...

Some of you may have read this first part already but please skip to the next part about New Zealand. We are now in New Zealand where we met up with Dave's Dad and Sister in Auckland, then Tommy and Graham and all of us are travelling together in a camper, car and tent. New Zealand has been beautiful so far, very English with rolling green hills and little bays. It is so easy to find a camp site, and been like a holiday from holiday, very relaxing and someone ...