There's a hostel for sale here if anyone's interested!?! It's run by a lovely old Scottish couple who are looking forward to their second retirement!Other than that, Hamilton doesn't have much to offer for tourists.

(Visited Kerikeri and St Paul's Rock - some of the best views I've ever seen - along the way).Not much to say about this place other than the fact that it is the "gateway" to the far north - Cape Reinga and 90 Mile Beach (which is in fact only 63 miles long)!!Anyway, rather than join a tour (in which you actually get driven along the beach, amongst many other things), we decided to drive to the Cape. After all, that is why we hired a car in the first pl...

The 1st day of our extended road trip across New Zealand and in a car that has probably seen better days (but at $25 a day, with no excess, who can complain)!!Our first stop was Whangarei with it's rather nice waterfall, before moving on to "the most photographed toilets in NZ"!! Designed by some bloke called Hundertwasser (other examples of his worked can be seen in Vienna and Osaka), we of course had to get a picture or two ourselves. Thankfully no on...

Yay, we're in New Zealand and marks almost 6 and a half months of travelling!! Definiately feel like we are on the home straight now.

Our last few days in Australia and a chance for us to relax a little bit - in the last month we have driven over 3500 kms! It's nice to be able to simply chill out for a few days.It was also a chance for us to meet up with friends, old and new - Anne (who we met in China); Steve (our old neighbour) and tried to help him sort out his visa issues; and Matt (Ali's old college mate) where we were invited to his house to witness the choas of an Easter Egg Hunt and en...