So I completed my loop of the South Island after spending a few hectic nights in Queenstown, the adventure capital of New Zealand and home of the 'Fergburger' which I can safely say is the best burger I've ever eaten in my life. I then took my flight to the North Island and stayed in Auckland for 2 nights before heading South to Hot Water Beach, which should probably be renamed Boiling Water Beach. After walking from our hostel to the beach in the freezing cold ...

After arriving safely in the ghost town that is Christchurch, I hopped on the Kiwi Experience bus and began my trip of New Zealand! Because my flight in to NZ was in Christchurch and my flight out is from Auckland, and the nature of the bus pass I got, I had to purchase a flight from Christchurch to Auckland around Christmas time so that wasn't ideal. The way I'm doing it is first of all looping the South Island anti clockwise from Christchurch to Christchurch....

So my time in Australia has nearly come to an end after a sweet time in Melbourne. I'm disappointed to be leaving Oz after only a couple of months but I'm sure the bank will be grateful for it. I spent 7 nights staying in the city centre of Melbourne itself, and then another 5 nights at St Kilda beach, which is about 5-10 minutes South of the city. The city was pretty cool and the nightlife was great fun, but I much prefer being where I am now, in St Kilda. The ...

Been in Sydney now for a day but I've deliberately avoided seeing all the sights just yet as the weather has been really overcast, and I'm holding out for a nice day to really appreciate what Sydney has to offer. So instead, I've spent a lot of my time in the city centre finding cheap food/drink places and finding somewhere to stay. I have, however spent most of my time in internet cafes trying to sort out my travel and accomodation arrangements for New Zealand. ...

I left Brisbane after 4 nights, and then made my way to Australia's Gold Coast, to a place called Surfer's Paradise. The nightlife there was pretty full on and intense, so I had a heavy 3 nights there, then hopped on the next bus down to my current location, Byron Bay. I've only been here one day but I have had a very good first impression of it, and I'll be settling down here for about a week or so. It'll make a nice change from just doing a couple of nights in...