Isaac woke up at 5:00 obviously nobody could be asleep so he was loudly whispering about bob's mistake and how amazing it was, mum was then over the moon that she couldmake a dinosaur out of her fingers in the shadow. then we discovered the face paint in the dining room and we did look very artistic! we were so excited when the car gotdropped off and we were on our way to bob's mistake. then travelling all the way round the world felt pointless as the legend slid...

The last couple of minutes coming into Aucland were fab. the sunrise was great and at 37,000 feet the kids thought the low cloud below was ice. The cloudbroke when we got to NZ and descended. Nz looked awesome and with the vapour trail visible from the back you really got a feel for 500 mph heading south.We landed and queued in the visitor q. We could have queued in the residentDad then decided to catch the 380 bus which went to Manuakau city where he sneaked off...

<!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> The rainforest walk stayed at Franz josef top 10 campsite and there was a huge collections of vans and backpackers at the local youth hostels. We stopped at the Franz Josepf glacier parked up and hiked the 1 hr to the glacier from the car park over a moon like landscape which was the debris the glacier had left behind before it retreated. It was simply stunning and th...

<!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> Life in the Camper van The van is 7.5m long quite big and too big for a parking space. Its 3.4m high also It has 3 large double beds and the kids job is to make the beds and put all the bedding in the space above the cab. There is a ladder but its much more fun to scramble up and leap out. We all have several bruises from this approach. The chemical toilet is only ...

<!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> Things we liked about NZ Tim Tams (chocolate biscuits like penguins but triple the Chocolate) Saints Wine Eels and nature Water Slides at the QE II Houses (all different styles) Kiwi's (the people) Kiwis (the birds) Flying Fox The rain forest walk Hot pools The beaches Bubbling mud Stopping and making tea in the camper van Communal kitchen campsites Comple...