We arrived in Rotorua and were picked up by the owner of the camp site we stopped at. Undoubtedly this was the best camp site we had come across facility wise as it boasted a thermal pool, a great communal kitchen area and a pool table to boot. After a rough nights sleep on the concrete without a roll mat (as the tent sites were in fact van sites) we spent the day booking up some activities for the next day before returning to chill out at the site (via McDonald...

It was an ominous start to my time in New Zealand to say the least. I was stopped at immigration as my face had registered with their recognition software as a ninety-something per cent match to some international criminal. After taking my passport away for more stringent analysis and making me nervously wait they finally concluded that I was in fact not an international criminal but the 22 year old law abiding British citizen I claimed to be. Apparently I wasn't...

We arrived in Sydney and booked up a nights accommodation in a hostel before heading out for one last night in Australia. It was good to catch up with our friends Allie, Junior and Claire whom we had met at the beginning of the trip. It seemed like our time in Oz had gone full circle. After a good catch up over a few beers it was time to say goodnight and get some sleep ready to depart the next day. We woke up and grabbed some breakfast in the city, killing a co...

We journeyed from Tamworth to Hat Head to meet up with our friend Kate from Newcastle. A whole bunch of her family and friends were hiring some holiday homes and had invited us to visit them. Hat Head was quiet and secluded and it meant we could make an unnecessary amount of noise as we played games. First up we played blood knuckle. A pleasant invention whereby you spin a coin on a table and take it in turns to touch the coin and keep it spinning. Should you kn...

It only took mere minutes with our car to realise that it's allotted life span was drawing to a close. You see it had now taken to projecting the most horrendous rattling sound whilst driving at any speed under 10km/ph. Whilst I was all for the theory of just driving faster we thought it best to get it looked at. Turns out that the compressor bearings had worn. Best case scenario you keep driving and the air conditioning will never work, worst case scenario the ...