Hey, me , sarah and claire have got back from our day doing the Tongariro crossing, a challenging trek for 8 hours, 18.5km. We went from Mangatepopo valley to the saddle between Mt. Tongariro and Mt. Ngauruhoe. It climbs to Red Crater (1886m), then drops down to the vivid emerald lakes. Then it descends the northern slope of Tongariro in a zig zag to Ketetahi, then down through heathland and through forest and rainforest. It was an amazing walk, and parts of it ...

thurs 26thHey! US three got our bus in the morning from Rotorua and went slightly out of town to where the Agrodome is- lot of countryside activities going on here, we watched a show with different breeds of sheep in NZ, and watched a guy sheer one (he was a bit of a comedian this guy, made it pretty entertaining). They lined up 30 or so sheep on the stage at different levels, and then he got his sheepdogs (hunterway breed, very cool barking dog for herding big n...