So we began our journey of the north island in Wellington!? Had to say a sad farewell to Soph and Rach, we had one final drink for the road - although mine was just OJ as I was driving, which was good really considering that we got pulled over by police on a random check on the way out of Wellington!? He asked me to speak my name and address into what i thought was a microphone and then after some questions re the massive orange van, sent us on our way!? I said t...

I arrived at the airport in Perth, excited about my new destination only to be told that I was not on the flight and that STA had cancelled my booking!! You can imagine my face when they dropped that one! Anyway all was sorted - when I say sorted I mean me paying for another flight! Never mind, apparently there was a mix up and STA are sorting it.So arrived in Melbourne and had a nice trek with my backpack across the city, which was boiling even though it was 11 ...