Once we had picked up the camper we stocked up with essentials at the Pak 'n' Save.We cooked dinner in the car park and then started an epic drive from Auckland to The Bay of Islands.The night drive was a bit of a mission, lots of winding country roads, Niall was whacked so I did the whole drive, whilst having the displeasure of listening to his ipod, which was clearly broken as it wasn't actually playing any music. We got as far as we could and decided to stay ...

Auckland 26 June After a really s***ty nights sleep on the metal chairs in Melbourne Airport, I was glad to get on the plane.Despite the Arctic temperatures I managed to sleep for the whole flight briefly waking to devour the rubbery eggs and soggy bacon which Quantas call an English breakfast, the rest of the world think so highly of our culinary skills. It was a really bright, cold crisp morning as I stepped out of Auckland airport and headed for the shuttle ...