Here goes... the place that I had been really looking forward to - Fiji... One word that sums fiji up is PARADISE!! Wow, we had such an amazing 14 days on the stunning Yasawas islands, island hopping from one gorgeous island to another. We booked a two week package with Awesome Adventures - "The Tropical Awegasm", where you spend 2 days each on 6 different Islands. We wanted to treat it more like a holiday - having someone tell us where to go and when!...

Auckland had finally arrived, our last stop after 6-7 weeks in our little van, which had done us proud!! Surprisingly we had no problems finding the Escape campervan depot and everything went smoothly. What a relief knowing we had received no fines for scratches etc as it had taken some beatings over our time in NZ!! Before we handed it back we made one last stop at Mt Eden on the outskirts of the city centre, which was a volcanic crater which you could drive or ...

After a tiring journey from Port Macquarie, our senses were quickly awakened when we entered this beautiful city. Our first impressions were literally "Wow!" We were blown away at the first sight of the city. The greyhound bus took us over the harbour bridge, and from here we saw Darling Harbour and many skyscrapers lit up. It was everything and more than we expected! Once we checked into our hostel, "Nomads: The Maze", we headed round the c...

Today was what one would call a beach day, visiting so many breath taking beaches it was unreal. We started of in the doubtless bay area of Matia Bay, it was a little out our way on a peninsular but we had seen pics of two bays seperated by a pinnacle that looked stunning in the shape of a 'W'. When we got here it was exactly like the picture but we couldn't figure out how to get an aerial view of both the bays for a nice pic so Kate took us up the penninsular se...

We came across Matakana on our road trip towards Goat Island, which we gave up on when we realised we had to get a boat to it or swim, which would have beena little chilly. However we are really glad we bumped into the small village of Matakana as it was a saturday, and a lovely day - it was thriving.. with a really nice farmers market selling all the local products such as Jams, chutneys, vinegarettes and wines. There were also tool smiths, butchers etc all add...