Hi folks, It feels like a lot longer than a month since we were with Benny-boy in NZ but the time has flown by as well. On leaving the homely country of New Zealand we visited Tony and Ainsley in Melbourne and had a cross country adventure with them, before heading on to the organised chaos that is small-kiddie-cousins with Michele and Daminder. Hugo was a star and amazed us with his car ID skills, Priya cute and amazed us with her vocal chords! Then onwards t...

6 weeks later and we have successfully circumnavigated the whole of NZ. There are very few pages left in the map book of NZ that we have not travelled through - a fact of which we are inordinately proud! The ferry trip to the South Island was stunning, arriving in the Marlborough Sounds in the northern fiordlands. The weather let us down again the next day as we walked a section of the Queen Charlotte Track, high on the ridges above the fiords. Then we headed up...

Hi from NZ to everyone following our journey. We have been in the North Island for 2 1/2 weeks exploring around in a car. It has been a massive culture change after 4 months in Africa. For a start we arrived to 3 days of heavy rain. What is that stuff?! We had forgotten what it is like to be cold and wet. Apparently NZ is experiencing its worst summer in ages. We have had some great days since but the nights are blimmin freezing. Still we have managed t...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all! We have been in Oz for 2 weeks now and are only just getting over the jet lag. We spent 4 days in Sydney, relaxing in the botanical gardens over-looking the Opera House and Harbour Bridge. Home to hundreds of large fruit bats who were roosting noisily in the trees above our heads. Cool! We stayed in the celubrious area called Kings Cross and had the company of 4 transexual prostitutes plying their trade outside our bed...