Today was the beginning of our adventure activities, and what a way to start, ziplining the longest zipline in North America (2200ft) We got up to around 80 km on that line and the view over the river was fantastic. On the last line (there were 5 in all) we were taught how to zip upside down. It was great fun but very cold (wind chill). After a quick change of clothes (actually, after adding more layers) we headed off for our second activity, riding the snowmobil...

Well today was the day we have really been looking forward to. We headed off to the airport around 9:30 and were picked up by a very chatty taxi driver who was keen to tell us all about Seattle particularly Boeing but he was hard to understand. We killed time at the airport using the free internet until our plane arrived. It was very small for an international flight, (check it out in the photo albums). When we landed we eventually found our shuttle connection...

When we woke up after a great night's sleep and looked out of our room window it was clear that it was going to be a wet day however it still didn't seem that cold.We went down stairs to our provided breakfast (which was a pleasant surprise to us) and had vegemite on toast (Yes I had to bring it with me).Then it was off on our first tour, a city tour of Seattle.We saw heaps of things we would have missed if we had of just looked around by ourselves and learnt a f...

Well the day finally arrived for us to leave on our White Christmas Adventure. Our first flight came and went hassle free which is a good thing for us considering our record with delays. We arrived in Auckland three and a half hours after leaving Melbourne. The next flight was the killer and the one we were least looking forward to. We also had a small delay, however it was a good delay as we were to be flying with a very strong tail wind which knocked an hou...