G'DAY EVERYONE!!! I figured that following Rick and Sul's departure I'd resume my blog again, having 2 new readers in addition to my Dad! On our last day together we had a most enjoyable evening walking from the Darling Hrbour to the Opera House all 5 of us holding hands! We kept reaching dead ends and found ourselves staring at fences on numerous occasions, we got a few strange looks along our way! I think we must have walked about 7 miles that night, haha. Rick...

Milford day was absolutely awesome!! We'd spent the last 2 days in Te Anau in the pouring rain, even resorting to creating our own monopoly 'bored' in Donde to keep us entertained! It was so cold one evening me and Sul went to find a cosey pub and sat down next to a log fire with a hot chocolate, looked up, and guess what was on tele....CORANATION STREET!! An incredible moment for both of us! They'd closed Milford Road because the weather was too dangerous, but t...

Hello. Firstly I'd like to draw your attention the the NEVIS BUNGY JUMP that me, Moore and Rick did on friday. Fuelled mainly by adrenaline (but also 2 glasses of wine) we got the bus to the jump after having booked it the day before so we couldn't back out! Our plan to write messages on the back of our t-shirts backfired when we were told we needed to wear safety harenesses (this is sooo not how the south american's would do it)...so as we were last in the queue...

Hi from New Zealand!!! We arrived last sunday and had our own private tour of Auckland by Phil and Pat, which included viewing the city from nearby volcano, Mount Eden, and having a proper cup of tea (for the first time in 2 and a half months!) in a cafe in a small town north of Auckland. We all received parcels from home which had been posted to Pat and Phil's address which felt like christmas unwrapping them! It felt weird being away from South America, being a...