Well after a late night watching the rugby we were up early to get to the trans scenic train station. Luckily it was quite close to gary's work, so he dropped us there. The train took 4 and a half hours and there were fifteen tunnels!! When we got to the motel it had a huge playground but it was raining so mum said not to get wet. So we went straight outside and played for hours in the rain and got soaked! It was only then that I realized that I only had one pai...

When we got to hanmer springs the house was really big, eli and i chose our room which was right next to the games room. That night we had burgers for dinner witch were really nice. The next morning we went to watch Dorris do her race and she came second then in the afternoon we watched dad and Gary do their race and gary won. We watched the Wales v France match I wanted wales to win and now I want the wallabies to win against the All blacks!!! In the morning we ...

Well we have arrived safe and well in christchuch. Gary picked us up from the airport and took us to his house. After taking him to work we started hunting for our mobile home.....day one unsuccesful. The next day we pretty much done the same as the day before but went and did a pub quiz with some of garys friends and came 7th. It was quite fun and I had a beautiful pavalova for pudding mmmmm. The next day we went and looked at more camper vans then we chose one...

We had a lie in today which was good. We had to repack all the bags then loaded the car. After that we went for a drive up to Malibu we were looking for frolicking seals but we only saw one! Mum said it was" sunbathing " as it was lying on the sand with it's belly up! Hmmmmm. We went to Malibu pier and had lunch then Eli and I went to play on the rocks and I caught a really spiky lizard. Since we didn't have a hotel we had to have showers at the beach! Then get...

We arrived at the Venitian hotel and casino. We went for a quick walk through the rain and got lost because the place was massive! We went to see cirque du soliel at treasure island and had excellent seats. There was a clown going and throwing peoples popcorn everywhere and a whole bucket landed on mum's head. Eli's favorite part of the show was the baby driving a car! Nathanuel's favorite part was the whole thing! Dads was the strong men but mum didn't see much ...