Hello folks! (or especially for MT - ALREEEEEETTTTTTT!! Hope everyone is well back home and that the weather is improving! Well where to begin, we have had a very busy few days over here, i will try to pick up from where Frankie left off in the last blog... Tamaki Maori Village - This was a brilliant night in Rotorua, we were picked up at our campsite and taken just out of town to the traditional Maori village and were greeted by several maori warriors who cam...

Well hello to all! This blog is especially for the mams to keep them happy! Now that I have 2 it is double the trouble! (This is Frankie writing by the way!) So where do I start there is a lot to cover. We flew into Aukland about a week ago and we have been really busy. We started off at Takapuna and set up camp on the water front which was very pretty. It was lovely to find that I have family over here so Chris and I were fed and watered at my dads cousins Dav...

Alreet folks! Hope all is well back home and everyone had a great Christmas and new year? As Frankie said we have been getting some grief about not updating the blog enough (only joking parents!) so here is another installment about our little trip up to Lake Taupo to do the Tongariro Crossing - one of the "Great walks of New Zealand". Basically it is a 6-7 hour hike up a ridge between Mt Tongariro and Mt Ngauruhoe (Mt Doom from Lord of the Rings film buffs!). ...

Hello all, This is a belated new year blog, I felt the need to write it today as my mother is on the case!! Sorry Mum! So we have basically not stopped since we landed in Wellington. We booked a little cottage by the beach at Castlepoint for new year. We were excited to go as Chris and I had seen pics of the beach and it looked amazing and when we got there we were not disapointed as you can see by the photies. On the way to Castlepoint we stopped in Martinbor...

Well hello from New Zealand! We had a very easy flight over from Oz and the surf board came out without a scratch, which was a relief we did worry on the plane about not having them when we arrived in NZ!! Quite a funny story when we arrived in Sydney for our connecting flight chris strolled through and I was pulled into a small room and swabbed for explosives and patted down by a rather scary lady who was more like a man!! Chris laughed a lot watching as he sa...