Next stop was Kaiteriteri. We had quite a long day on the bus as we had to stop in Picton to colledt poeple from the boat that had been on the south island ( although they are long days, we stop all the time for short walks, food stops and plenty of photo stops). When it came to our lunch stop we were in a place called the Marlboro region which is famous for its wine and vineyards. It was a nice suprise that we got to do some wine tasting for only $2 which was g...

Well our first day on our Kiwi bus was cold and very wet. The worst rain I had seen for ages and it was just freezing. We had imagined it to be the same as Oz but were sadly dissapointed. As we arrived in Kaikoura, because of the rain we drove to the seal colony which was cool but very wet still. The driver also took us to the supermarket so we didnt have to walk in the rain which was nice. The hostel there was called 'The Lazy Shag' and was really nice. Our roo...

Well we are reunited with our rucksaks after a few months of living in civilisation and were off on our next adventure, New Zealand. First stop was Christchurch. We had our first delay of the trip bu tonly 45 minutes, but this meant we only had 2 hours sleep before we set off on our Kiwi Experience bus. We stayed at Jail house hostel and this was so cool. It was an old prison and still had the origional features which made it so much fun. We had booked a twin r...

Well the festive season has now arrived, carols are playing decorations are up and the sun is shining. It really is so bizzare seeing houses all trimmed up in the sun. Peopel have snow men on their doorsteps and its juts backwards. So to kick off the festivities was the Aussie Farmers works xmas do. We all met up for a big BBQ in the park, free food and booze so as always ended up rather drunk. As for the food, wel the BBQ barley worked so had a cheese sandwhich...

Well afetr our finay overnight bus trip in Oz we are finally in Sydney. We were staying at Elephant backpackers but little did we know it was going to turn out to be the worst few nights of the trip so far. So we go to check in and they had put us in seperate rooms on different floors, even after calling to make sure it was they same room. The then told us all the rooms were full. Either way it was nightmare. I just put my things in the same room as James only ...