We arrived in Alice Springs on Saturday 25th April. It is a really small town and we had a wander about but everything was closed for ANZAC Day. So we grabbed a bite to eat and had an early night as we are to get up at 4 tomorrow morning. Sunday we were picked up from our hostel at 5am to start our 2 day Red Centre tour around Ayers Rock (Uluru) and Kings Canyon. We drove alot of te day. Stopped at Kings Canyon in the afternoon and did an hours walk in and aroun...

Tuesday 21st April we got the train from the centre of Melbourne out to Melton which is a suburb of Melbourne (bit like EK to Town and the same time on the train). Isobel and Robert picked us up from the station and took us back to their house. Isobel is my mum's cousin. Robert has worked in the Fire Brigade for 25 years and they have just built a new station in Melton, so we got the guided tour of it and got to sit in the Fire Engine. Then I went to take a photo...

Grant and I arrived in Melbourne late on 14th April into Flinders Street station which is pictured. We were staying in a hostel just 10 minutes in the tram from the centre of Melbourne. On Wednesday the 15th we took the free city shuttle round the main atrractions in the city. We then took the free city tram to see where it went in the circle round the city. It is great that they provide this as a free service to tourists (locals can jump on too) should be so...

Saturday 11th April we flew back to Christchurch. In the afternoon we wandered about the town and then bumped into a guy that was on the tour. The 3 of us went to the cinema at night to kill some time. On Sunday we met the guy again along with another couple and had some lunch on a pavement cafe. Was really nice to just sit and relax. Nothing else was open here due to it being a holiday weekend. Today is our last day in Christchurch and New Zealand. W...

Monday 6th April is the last day of our tour and we are in Queenstown, adventure capital of New Zealand. We spent most of the day driving here. The group went out for dinner for the last night. After dinner we went to Minus 5 which is a bar made all of ice. Was really small but good to be there in a group. You are only allowed half an hour in here, so after that we went to a bar called Frasiers and spent the rest of the night in there. Was a good night befo...