So we took the ferry from Wellington to Picton to get to the South Island. That's Cook Strait. Weather wasn't too good. Othewise I would have some pics of Marlborough Sounds to show you. Views supposed to be fab, maybe we will get better weather on the way back. So we met our bus in Picton to begin our bus tour around the South Island. That took us to Nelson where we spent the next few days. Wasn't my favourite hostel. It was a strange one. Some people s...

I'm only as far as 26th Jan!! You guys are gonna be getting a lot of emails soon about updates to this site! Yippee! So we spend a day and night in Wellington before we got our ferry to the South Island. I liked Wellington a lot. Weather was lovely, we visited the Botanic Gardens. Lots of lovely flowers, nice pleasant stroll around the gardens, really enjoyed it. In the afternoon we visited the Parliment. There are 3 different Parliment Buildings, all fr...

We headed to Lake Taupo after the Waitomo Caves. We stayed there overnight, my first hostel. Wasn't too bad, one of the cleaner ones I've been to. Anyways, as you can see there was a lovely sunset. Lake Taupo is a a lovely little resort town. A lot of the houses (around Auckland also) remind me of the American Style houses we saw in Rehoboth Beach (Yvonne & Ellen). Those kinda wooden style ones. I also find that a lot of the towns and buildings on the ...

These photos are of the Waitomo Caves. We first visted the Gloworm cave. There are thousands of these gloworms and something to do with some sticky stuff they secrete which hangs off them (I forget...) anyway they light up. We went on this boat in the cave, it's all dark, you can't see anything but you look up and there are thousands of tiny lights, like stars. It's quite cool and serene as you have to be very quiet or they will turn off their lights! Obviou...

Well hello! I'm cheating by writing this way after the date I did it. How bold. Anyhoos, I just want to bore everyone with every detail of what I've been doing since I got to the Shire!! I spent the first few days just seeing some beaches and scenery around Auckland, more the North Shore of Auckland, which is where Karen's sister lives. Places we visted include Mission Bay, Devonport Beach, Takapuna Beach. All very lovely and great weather. Strong sun though, th...