Ten metres from the sea, an island which takes 20 mins to walk around and gorgeous blue waters at the temperature of a cool bath.....we've arrived in another slice of paradise! (This island was actually celebrity Love Island, that terrible UK show that got axed). The flight over from Auckland took 3hrs and my "designated" sleeping time was ruined due to that fact that we were onboard the new 747 plane recently unveiled. Each passenger has their own tou...

So it's time once again, apologies for the 4 month hiatus, we're slowly getting back into the travelling vibe so we promise to keep her up to date. But day to day work in Wellington wasn't that exciting to write about. We'll fill you in below with what we got up to and some of our travel tails around New Zealand. Before we started work we did manage to get a road trip around the North Island with Phillippa which was great fun. We travelled to the Napier, did a bi...

This blog ends at the start in that we've travelled a full circle in the last 2 weeks. We picked up Maeve from the airport in Christchurch and drove in our "super saver" rental car to Methven for some skiing. On Friday the conditions on Mount Hutt were glorious with good snow, blue skies and spectacular views over the Canterbury plains out to the South Pacific Ocean.We were also feeling very pleased with ourselves having found the best hostel since we...

It's been quick first week here in New Zealand and all of the cold weather warnings were taken on board before we left Sydney. The rucksacks got a mini makeover, dispensing the flip flops and boardies for ski socks and thermals. A quick fact before you read on, (I know you're dying to know), there are 40 of the wolly faces to one human in New Zealand. We flew into Christchurch and spent our first night in Base hostel, bang in the centre. We wondered around the...

The agricultural show at Kununurra was a hit, it reminded us of the Ballymoney show but with some subtle difference, the Cowboy races for example.It felt a little odd being a tourist in a community fair, checking out the local schools art displays and seeing how big they can grow their water melons and pumpkins! After the show we hit the local pub for a bit of local talent, some country music. But we didn't feel far from home since the bar staff were Irish, and...