Hello peeps, We rolled off the ferry and drove downtown Wellington- very nice city, spent the weekend there had a great curry and there was lots of cool shops but thankfully for the budget and my own safety they were all closed due to easter weekend. We headed East next to Napier which is a town with a strong Art Deco influence it was ok but it wasn't quite my cuppa tea (Mike). We didn't stay for too long before driving on to Lake Taupo. We loved it there the ...

Kia ora, First stop in New Zealand was Christchurch. We had a look around the Cathedral and walked up the spire and got certificates to prove it! We then walked down to the Botanical Gardens seeing the Arts Centre enroute. There was also lots of craft stalls and street entertainment to keep us amused. We then got hold of a car (hired this time) and set off to explore the South Island. We stayed in a little town called Geraldine and the hostel had a cute llam...

Finally we are able to update - sorry it's been so long again, this site has serious issues but hey ho. So then, I think we were in Cairns trying desperately to sell the car when we wrote last so I'll continue from there.... we had a few people come to look at the car but no buyers and we had 2 days until we were due to fly, we'd already delayed our flights once and were in Australia 1 month more than planned so we were not going to change the flight...

Hello,So, we are nearing the end of our Australian adventure. We've been in Cains now for 3 weeks, we were not planning on being here this long but due to the complications to register the car that is how it's worked out. We're selling now so hopefully will not be here for much longer. Cains is cool, it's just unbelievably hot + humid and although we shouldn't be complaining it's pretty hardgoing. It rained loads for the first week so we d...

Hey guys,ok, so where were we...chilling in the Blue Mountains that's right, so after spending a few days doing that we decided it was time to experience some East Coast Australia. We started out in Port Maquarie which we loved, we were in a great campsite right on the beach which always helps, we were gonna do a boat trip + a camel ride but opted for lazing on the beach instead - camping is hard work!!! Next we stopped at Coffs Harbour where we were going to...