Hello Peeps!!!, we're down south, in the land of Sheep and Speights. Moved to Queenstown and unemployed again, swapped the Audi for a Ford, Car number 6. Moved to a House with a cool view and taking it easy. It's getting cold though and no sign of Snow, grrrr. Laters Monkey

Hi All We are now in Lake Tekapo, middle of the South Island following Paul and Claire's wedding. We were planning to stay in Queenstown and work but we had a minor disaster on the day of the wedding when the alternator on our scoob decided to give up the ghost on the way back from a photo shoot at Mt Cook - just wonderful! The result was $500 to replace it and no money to pay for it so we ended up staying in Tekapo and cleaning for the place where the weddi...

Hi all, Have had some trouble updating the site but we're in the process of adding photos now. Had a great time in Rotorua - visited the Maori Arts and Crafts Institute and saw a concert where they performed the Haka and some very big geizers. Also went white water rafting (have lots of photos - will upload most of them as soon as we find a connection that's fast enough!!) and luging - pretty cool. Hope you're all well, we're having a fantastical ...

Back in Auckland again to change cars (long story, see message board). Staying for a few days and then off to see the rest of the North Island before heading south. More photos coming soon!

We spent the last few days travelling around the far north of NZ which has been very cool. We drove all the way along 90 mile beach and then realised we couldn't get off so had to drive back again - the novelty wore off after the first hour! We then went all the way up to Cape Reinga (the most Northerly point of NZ where the Pacific meets the Tazmanian sea) in the middle of a storm - scary! There aren't many people living up here, the village we stayed in last ni...