Kia Ora Y'all! Loads and loads and loads of stuff catch up on. The past couple of weeks have been pretty busy so not to much time to keep you updated. Carrying on from where I left off last time.....the east side of the north island was great fun. Just when you think a country can't be anymore laid back you go to the east side. Everything about the east just oozed with chillness. We travelled to Gisbourne (the first city to see the sun), Rangitukia and Te Kaha. ...

Kia Ora!! Wooooahh - I can't beleive it's been almost two weeks since my last confession. It's fair to say I've been kept really busy though. After leaving Whitianga we went to a place called Rotorua. To put it mildly the place stinks of s**t. There are various sulphur pits dotted about the city caused by the lava which runs underneath that heats the water and creates these mud pits. I didn't have time to visit but apparently the hot pools were amazing. My time ...

Kia Ora Everybody!! Hope everyone is okay - I can't believe I've had almost two weeks in New Zealand already the time is just flying by. Have loads to cach up on. My first day in Auckland was a bit naff to be honest but self-inflicted naffness. I decided to do a coast to ccoast to walk in Auckland but barely made it half way before getting completely lost around the universtiy campus. I eventually found my way back to the hostel and felt sorry for myself for the...

G'Day - Again this picture isn't mine. I have no idea who they are but I believe they are weaving baskets. This is my first blog entry from New Zeland but isn't actually about NZ. I just wanted to write one more entry on The Top End which was awesome by the way. Kakadu National Park is such a cool place with so many nearby natural fresh water pools. Some of them were closed mind you because of either to much water!?! or the potential risk of a croc attack. I hav...