Hello all When we posted last we had just jumped out of a plane in Queenstown.The following day we drove southwards to Te Anau as this is the main connection town between Queenstown and the fjord lands.We stopped here and booked a trip to Milford Sound for the following day and then enquired about a local walk as we had a few hours to spare.We drove the short distance to the start site and had some lunch before we planned to set out.However after we finished w...

Hello everyone! Just to let you all know that while were in New Zealand the blogs and photos updates are not going to be as regular as they were in Australia as we're living in a campervan that surprisingly doesn't have the internet - don't worry were going to complain!Also we're staying in campsites / fields so our access to the net is very limited. On that note we've got loads to update you on where we've been over the past week.We flew into Christchurch ...

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...

Hi everyone! Wow! Can't believe it's only three days til xmas!!! Hope everyone's ready for it! We arrived in Surfers Paradise on Wednesday, the bus from brisbane only took an hour so that was one of our better journeys!!! At the transit centre we had half an hour to spare before the hostel bus would pick us up. So I dashed to the supermarket to stock up on some essentials - food!!! Our hostel seemed to be a bit out of the way of town but they did provide regular...

Hello all Just a quick note to let you know that we added 2 blogs and 2 photo albums earlier this week (Whitsunday Is. & Fraser Is.) so if your especially bored you can check these out in the relevant files at the top of the screen. We arrived in a very humid Brisbane on Sunday after a nice bus journey down from Hervey Bay. We checked into our hostel & set out to get some food as we were absolutely famished! We headed into the city and after stuffing ou...