Happy New Year Everyone and here's to a blinding 2008! We officially left Australia this morning and arrived in Christchurch in the south island of New Zealand this afternoon.But before I go any further I think we need to back track and update you over our xmas in OZ. And I warn you now, this is a very long blog! Just before arriving in Sydney for xmas we spent a day in Byron Bay, which was a bustling sea town that seemed to be stuck in the 70's and had more...

Since leaving sunny Sydney, we headed down the south coast to Melbourne and have been hopping on and off the bus stopping at a few coastal towns along the way. First stop was the city of Wollongong, we took a walking tour of the town and the coastline. But what we enjoyed most was the spag bol we cooked ourselves! After a night in Wollongong it was back on the bus and down the coast to the pretty seaside town of Kiama. After finding out the hostel was shut becaus...

G'day all! Sorry for the lack of blogs lately, we've really struggled to access the site over here! We arrived safely in sunny Sydney at 6am on Sunday 14th and were met at the airport by Steve & Liz (I used to work with Steve at Lafarge before he & Liz returned home a couple of months ago). They drove us to our hostel in Sydney where we grabbed some much needed breakfast as the beef curry on the plane did not look very appetising!!! After the feast &...