We made a big name sign to meet Aimee at the airport but while we were waiting we noticed a group of people with loads of balloons, face paint and looking very excited. We instantly thought a celebrity would be landing, but after speaking to them we found out it was the local rugby team flying back from Bangkok with a tournament trophy. Although not as exciting, the offer of staying around for the celebration party with the young, single (and good looking) play...

We dropped Alex off in the city and after a few navigational difficulties we got back on Highway 1 southbound. We arrived in Taupo around tea time and went and had a look at the Huka Falls which is New Zealands best known and most photographed Falls. Did you know that here almost 250,000 litres (2 olympic sized pools) of water from the Waikato River flows over the Falls per second?! Taupo is a lovely town that is placed alongside Australasia's largest lake, Lake ...

Well needless to say missing the flight wasn't in our plans. Whilst Dani was about to cry, Sam was the complete opposite, finding it very funny, but when Dani started to get angry Sam left her with the bags and went to sort things out. After speaking to some extremely rude Jetstar staff who didn't even attempt to suggest any help, and a stupid Quantas man who was for some reason was trying to change our connection flight from Sydney to Auckland, Sam managed to ge...

We arrived in Perth and checked into Bam'bu Backpackers which our friend Shane (who we met back in Darwin) had recommended to us. The hostel was pretty cool, decorated in an Afrcian kind of style, very hard to explain unless you've seen it but it has a really good vibe about the place. The owner is not really around much either so it is run by backpackers. Shane said his brother and his mates were staying at the hostel so we were keeping an ear out for some Iris...

We left the hostel all excited about our road trip =) We got the airport shuttle with the intention of getting a taxi to the Apollo depot nearby, however this didn't turn out the way we wanted it to. Once again we hadn't printed out the address (we've lasted six months, why start now?) and the stupid taxi driver couldn't understand Dani's memory attempt so whilst we rang the company to clarify, he emptied the car of the bags, moaning that he was losing business a...