hola! well let me fill you in on my nz adventures over the last week or so before i head to oz! .....so, staying on a farm just outside christchurch i turned into a little farm girl, helping milk the cows, pick mushrooms, pick blackberries, help weigh the cows for market, feed the cows and give the calfs milk! i was also treated to some delicious home cooked food, including produce from the farm!!!! jude and alan were really kind hosts and it was a really fun ...

hello one and all! ok... just remembered that i forgot to put on my last blog that i went kayaking with steve, nikki and her dad along the river avon, which was uber cool and gave me my first experience of kayaking with pedals!! since my last blog i spent a few more days in christchurch, mainly chilling out with my good friend Jolene, who i met on the kiwi experience and spent time with in queenstown. we got on really well and had so many giggles over just stup...

hey... as promised i'd update you all when i got to steve and nikki's! ok, so currently i'm in christchurch staying with steve and nikki and being treated to fab hospitality and lots of home comforts!!! i have my own room, double bed and ensuite.... i feel like royalty, its such a welcome change from dorm rooms in hostels and communal toilets i tell thee! really nice to spend time with steve and nikki... since arriving.... first night had a bbq with nikki's fami...

well have i got a lot of catching up to do! here goes!! ok so since doing my skydive i left the group i have travelled and got on with well from auckland and joined the east as bus! i was fortunate again to meet a good group of people and we experienced the north east of north island NZ.... which is a lot more rural and back to basics lifestyle! it was a 3 day tour in which i got to stay with maori families in lodges. the first night we stayed in te kaha and had...

hey!! well guess what i did this morning.....a sky dive!!! woooo and i'm still alive!!! it was sensational and i loved every second of it!! hell yeah! ok since joining the kiwi hop on hop off bus i've been having fun, i've done the odd small walk here and there taking in the scenery, i've been to mercury bay (where i got to see beautiful beaches also went to hot beach and you dig a hole and then the hole fills with really hot thermal water...i mean almost boilin...