Hey guys....apologies for lack of update in the past week or s, we have been super busy! Think the last blog was in Wellington before Chris' birthday so will go from there: Wellington - we went on the Lord of the Rings tour north of the city which was interesting (if a little geeky!), got to see rivendell, minas tirith and helms deep to name a few. When i say 'see' them what I actually mean is a big hill or quarry where the filming was done! The guy ...

Arrived at Wellington this afternoon after a night in Taupo on Mon and Napier last night. Nothing big to say about what we have been up to, Chris wants me to remind everyone that it is his birthday tomorrow! We are going on a Lord of the Rings tour to celebrate! (geek!!). Off to explore the delights of Wellington this evening then crossing over to the South Island on Friday am.

Hi All! Well we got to NZ on Monday evening and were collected from airport by Tracy which was fab....stayed with Tracy and Andy in Auckland for 3 nights. Got to see the city including the quay area which had lots of nice pubs, also went up Skytower for some great views (apparently 48 volcanoes are visible from there). Left Auckland on Thursday having picked up our car - was meant to be a very girly turquoise one (Chris not happy!) but then it turned out the ta...

Had a great few days exploring Melbourne. On our first day we toured the city, getting a taste for the shopping and cafe culture that we'vre heard so much about on our way down the coast! Seems a really relaxed place and we enjoyed looking around. Saw the Parliament house, a number of cathedral/churches, federation sq, chinatown, flinders st station to name a few! We went on the neighbours tour in the evening which was a must do - got to meet 'Darcy' ...

Hello everybody Firstly apologies for the lack of updates in the last few days - lack of computer access. I'll run down our last 10 days or so. I think the last update came from Sydney before we did the bridge climb so here goes.... Not sure if we had mentioned it before but we went to the Sydney Mardi Gras on the Saturday night which was an experience. Very... colouful and happy. The Bridge climb was awesome!!! Not as steep as either of us thought. Had a ...