Hi Folks There are no photos to accompany this blog, or I should say that there are but I can't upload them because I left the card reader in UK. Day 1 Friday 22 Jan Arrived Christchurch International at 10.15am to be greeted with torrential rain, however both we and the bikes arrived in good order. We rode the 11k to Alan and Keiko's hostel to arrive well and truly drenched. Quick shower then in the sack! Day 2 Saturday 23 Jan After 16 hours sleep we wer...

Hi Folks It's a cold first Saturday in sunny 2010 and we are at home in the UK anticipating our departure on 20th January to New Zealand for a 3 month cycling trip. Yes that's cycling as on bicycles! This is one of my lifelong wishes and we are going to get it under our belts while we still can. The blogs will not be so frequent (or big) as when we were in Australia and we obviously won't be carrying a laptop this time, and will rely on internet cafes to keep ...

Dear All We had been feeling really guilty that we haven't been in touch . . . but then thought "sod it" the b*****s haven't been in touch with us . . . but we must give you the benefit of the doubt. Our got-a-life email account was cut off 1 week before we returned home (don't ask!) and in mitigation it has been REALLY busy since we got back. It is Easter Sunday today and it has been snowing here today, but we did have hot cross buns . . . whoopee! ...

Day 81: Pinjarra to Rockingham . . . Tuesday 15th January Just up the road to Mandurah this morning to get money, supplies and internet connection. It was more by accident than design that we ended up at the Marina as the Info Centre was located there. The town is laid out around the Ocean Marina, and be it on a smaller scale is akin to Darling Harbour in Sydney. They are developing waterways and the luxury apartments/houses are being set out along each stretch ...

Day 76: Nannup to Honeymoon Pool . . . Wednesday 9th January After a really peaceful night we made our way to Busselton where we visited Wonnerup Geograph Marina with lots of expensive yachts and motor-cruisers in the basin complete with even more expensive houses around it. Then off to Peppermint Beach with new developments being built complete with long stretches of sand dunes with no-one around, once again water really warm to swim in, we tried not to stay i...