Well after taking dad to the airport today so he could go back to jersey mum drove us down to Whangamatta. Yes, mum drove and it was a bit scary but after the other cars decided to steer clear of us we got there safely. We did pretty much nothing all week as it didn't stop raining!!! We done a very cool surfing collage on the bathroom door but I'm not sure if dad is very impressed that we cut up all his surfing magazines. We also done school work every day as ...

Well today we found ourself on a car ferry on our way to Great Barrier Island. The ferry took about four hours but on the way we saw Killer Whales, Hector dolphins and loads of other whales "blowing".( and a jewish man spewed all over half the passenges! mum and dad were "hit" the most! so gross.( Eli got spewed on but slept thru it). Great Barrier Island is about three times the size of Jersey but only about 900 people live here. There is no plumbing or electr...

We Arrived at Andy and Sharmaines house in Auckland and hung out with their kids Abbie and Lavinia which was really cool. The next morning dad, Eli and i went to mission bay for a run with rusty (their dog). It was really long and I nearly Passed out at the end, we gave rusty some water too and went to the cafe for some coffee and hot chocolates. Whilst we were out running mum and sharmaine went for tennis lessons with Bruce (yes bruce!!), apparently bruce was ne...

We have arrived at coromandel. Dad suggested we go into town for a few beers. For dinner we went to a Thai restaurant and got banana fritters for dessert, they were filled with caramel and were really yummy. The next morning we drove on loads of windy dirt roads, I didnt get to enjoy the scenery as I spent most of the time trying to not get car sick. Today we are going to Andy and Sharmaine's to stay in Auckland for a few days. We are all excited about staying ...

Well I survived the eels but eli's shoe nearly didnt survive!!! While we were crossing the bridge eli's shoe somehow fell off and into the water and went down through the rapids,so Eli got some girls to go into the eel infested stream and get it for him. Other than that we had a couple of surfs and swims in the pool.