Auckland...... So amazing. So woke up today with absolutely no plans of what to do. After a quick Internet search, rangitoto island looked quite nice. I had been told it had a volcano and lots of nice walks. So coffee on the way and ferry tickets were purchased. The weather today was 23 and very sunny. I had left the sunscreen at the backpackers, so Bec and I thought we were going to burn, and boy, were we right. We did manage to borrow some sun screen from a C...

So left Melbourne for Auckland. I was extremely excited to go to New Zealand as its a new place yet so close. At the airport in Melbourne, waiting an hour to check in, we finally made it thought security and into duty free. After hearing our flight being called over the speakers, we ran from duty free shopping to the gate to board. The flight itself was okay, a few little bumps along the way but landed safe. The guy next to us complimented the kids behind us for...