We arrived in Wellington in the pouring rain and went straight to the Bluebridge ferry port. We decided to book onto the 3am crossing for the next day. We went to the museum which was really good, and interactive museum all about newZealand, we experienced an earthquake in a simulator thing. We then went and bought some fush & chups and went up on the hill overlooking the city and camped there till 2am. The crossing was very calm dispite the weath...

We arrived in Palmerston North, just in time, the locals werent impressed with a slow old van at rush hour. We arrived at Auntie jane and Uncle Dougs but no-one was there, we sat for a while then a car pulling a big sign on a trailer saying Re-Elect Mark Bell-Booth (Mums cousin) for Mayor. We were welcomed into the house and then Jane arrived and we all sat and chatter over a nice brew and some great cake things. Sue and Mark came over to say hello but the...

After a coach ride back up to Keri Keri we picked up Delia and headed straight South for the long journey to Palmerston North. The first night we ended up camping wild as we couldnt find the campsite on the map (just south of Auckland). We eneded up in a ditch under some trees hoping a farmer wouldnt scare the hell out of us in the morning. We set off as soon as we woke up and made our way to the Waitomo caves to see the glow worms. It is a huge limes...

After a coach ride back up to Keri Keri we picked up Delia and headed straight South for the long journey to Palmerston North. The first night we ended up camping wild as we couldnt find the campsite on the map (just south of Auckland). We eneded up in a ditch under some trees hoping a farmer wouldnt scare the hell out of us in the morning. We set off as soon as we woke up and made our way to the Waitomo caves to see the glow worms. It is a huge limes...

After a long 4 1/2 hr ride back to Auckland we stayed at the ACB office block again, this time in a horrid tiny room with no windows and a floor lower so we could hear the bar all night. On the monday we arrived at the airport all eaxited to see Tina again. She finally arrived after being stuck behind 5 other flights all landing at the same time. It was great to see her, we went off to find some accomodation, we decided on an appartment so we could chat a...