After enjoying the South Island, the North had a lot to live up to but we had been recommended to spend the majority of our time in the South so we were only left with just over two weeks in the North.We drove straight up to the middle of the Island and drove in to the Tongarairo National Park area on a beautiful sunny day with a clear blue sky.The views of snow capped mountains and the snow capped volcano were outstanding.We settled into one of the cheap and ver...

We had a very very bumpy flight into Christchurch New Zealand, I cant explain how bad the turbulence was and for two hours. The crew had to be seated the whole time, we dropped in mid air, the pilot tried to go higher and then lower looking for smooth air, Emily spilt her drink and I was left shaking!Once we were there though all was good and we were there just in time for a music festival called Southern Amp. We saw the Charlatans and Dandy Warhols as well as da...

We are about to leave Australia and make our way to New Zealand for five weeks.Australia has been great; I can see why so many people want to stay after visiting, I was almost tempted but can not wait to see family and friends in the near future. We traveled down the east coast in a camper van; me, Annie and Ian who 'has a head like an orange'It is so good to travel by camper van as you can come and go as you please and stop off at places which may have been m...

A short one believe it or not!We have been in Cairns for a couple of months now basically working, drinking and playing football.We played football most Sundays on the esplanade in a 5-a-side tournament for all the hostels in Cairns which is very hot but good fun.There are always loads of places to go out and they all have good deals on. One pub actually gives away free drinks for an hour on a Sunday night and then puts them up to $2!We always make the most of th...

We had a few days in Perth before we flew over to Cairns.We decided to stay in our first surf club in Freemantle and spent a nice day walking around the town and popping in to a pub for an afternoon drink or two.On the way back to the van we saw tickets for a band we had been hearing lots about on the radio and they were in Freemantle that night so we picked up a few tickets.We had some dinner and got ready in the van and headed out into town stopping off at a lo...