New Zealand - Auckland, Hamilton and the Bay of Islands We arrived in New Zealand at Auckland on July 6th, ready to campervan our way around the country till the 31st when we are due to flight out of Christchurch (earthquake central). Apart from the flights, we had nothing booked meaning we could roam free for 3 and a half weeks! Using various tour guide information packs including one from Billy Connolly when he did his tour of NZ, we made our first call to hea...

Caloundra We have just had a luxury week in Caloundra, a little holiday destination on the Sunshine Coast, where we stayed in a great hotel, went to Australia zoo, dabbled in kayaking, climbed another of the Glasshouse mountains and generally just relaxed. It was great to do some more exploring and relaxing after working in Brisbane for the last month and a half! Thanks very much Ian, perfect timing! 1. The hotel - We stayed at the Worldmark resort which was ve...

Brisbane Here is a little joint account of our two months in Brisbane. During this time we were truely spoilt by June with great meals, we had some once in a lifetime job opportunities, saw all the Brisbane sights thanks to Beth, Ian and Llon, got fully aquainted with the Bribane public transport and had the luxury of our own room which was a breath of fresh air after the dorm staying last 2 months! 1. Last 8 days of Richards stay - Unfortunately it was the end...

Cairns The last port of call up the East Coast was Cairns, the hottest and most tropical of all the places we visited! A week or two prior to us reaching Cairns, the weather had been so bad that people were stranded there! So we were quite lucky to escape with just a few spells of rain over our 4 days! During these rainy spells, I was being overly keen and was trying my best to persuade Rich and Han to come with me to see the waterfall where Peter Andre's - Myst...

Magnetic Island and Mission Beach - Koala and Skydive Galore Magnetic Island After Airlie Beach and the Whitsundays we headed to magnetic island for a couple of days. We decided to be good and get up at the crack of dawn so we would have more time on the island. Hower our good intentions didn't go quite to pan as our greyhound bus didn't arrive until 9am........3 hours late (apparently due to flash floods even though the news cited no such floods!). The 3 hour ...