Welcome back to the Chris and Jue blog, it's been a while but here is the latest update on what we've been up to. First, lets get the boring bit out the way. We're both still working, audit still sucks and Jue's still an organisation guru, but has also added General Trust Manager to her CV. If anyone requires more details of what this new role involves then please feel free to email Jue and request such information as the list is way way way to long for this b...

Hello All!! Hope you are still enjoying the English Summer! We realised that we hadn't updated you all since going on our skiing trip so thought we better just let you all know that we are still alive and kicking after skiing around volcanoes! Well, since we last wrote, we took to the slopes of Mount Ruapehu and indulged in some beginners ski lessons (ridiculously cheap compared to Europe) and had an amazing couple of days skiing and hiking the volcano. Chris o...

Regular readers of this blog may recently have wondered where the intrepid travellers had disappeared to, with rumours starting to circulate that: - they had been taken hostage by Orks and carried back to Middle Earth - whilst investigating local volcanoes they had fallen in one, never to be seen again - they were having to much fun to find the time to write and even; - Jue had been kidnapped by local kiwi rugby players and forced into a life of giving thei...

Blazing heat, beautiful hot sunshine, wearing nothing but shorts and t-shirts, ahhh....oh no, that's you lot back home! Freezing cold, rain, icy winds, wearing all clothes we own at once...that's more like it! Yes, the 1st June officially marked the start of winter here in New Zealand! Fortunately we are still located in Auckland which has the mildest weather conditions in New Zealand, most places 100km south of Auckland are covered in snow! Well now, since our ...

Well since our last blog entry, Chris and I have become WWOOFers, and before some of you start to try and create your own (rude) answers to this acronym, it stands for Willing Workers On Organic Farms. Yes that's right we are 'willing' farm workers (?!). Now let us start from the beginning and take you back two weeks.... Having had no luck on the job front and no sign of anything on the horizon, despite signing up to every recruitment company in Auckland and si...