3rd July 2009 We were up and out of our campsite by 9 this morning heading further South of North Island to Rotoura. We drove back through Auckland city centre and over the harbour bridge and stopped in a town called Newmarket to buy a new camera. It turned out to be quite a nice town and pretty big, so after a brief stop here and a few hundred dollars later (sad times!) we had our camera and continued our drive. We arrived in Rotoura just after lunch and stopp...

2nd July 2009 It was cold when we woke up this morning, after getting ready we left by 10am to head back South to Orewa. It only took 2 hours to get here which is where we are stopping for the night. Orewa is on the coast and a faily big town. On the way here we stopped at a golf driving range where we got 100 balls, we also had a go on a automated baseball machine! This was funny, Mike wore a helmet to save a ball flying at his head! They came shooting out rea...

1st July 2009 This morning we drove about 2 and a half hours north of Auckland. We drove into a small town called Paihai which is right on the coast. The scenery has already been amazing, we have driven past massive valleys and moutains! Apparently NZ is very well known for its sheep, and while Mr Lonely Planet says there are 40 million sheep here we have only been stuck behind a lorry carrying some, oh and a few which were sprayed pink in a field! Other than th...

29th June 2009 Haere Mai from NEW ZEALAND !!!!!!! We had a brilliant last night in our dorm with our roomies!! We watched High School Musical 3 with all our beds pushed together, the boys loved the movie more than me!! Then a couple of girls from next door joined us for a good old sleepover!! We are so excited (or fizzed as a cola bottle as Mike would put it, lol!) to be here!! We couldnt leave Oz however without one more problem with Mike, lol....thankfully th...