A HOME FOR CHRISTMAS We have a home for Christams!! Victoria has speant hours looking on the internet for somewhere to stay that doesn't break the bank. She finally found somewhere that isn't full for Christmas so she has booked it. We are staying in a place called Frankston (just outside Melbourne) in Peartree Cottage. It sounds very posh but it really isn't, it has everything we need and the little town is meant to be very n...

We are now in Dunedin, it's a really nice city. On our way here we followed the coastal route and stopped off at some spots along the way. At a place called nugget Bay we went on a short walking trail and saw hundreds of Seals. They were soooo lovely, it was amazing to watch them playing in the wild together showing off and doing tricks. Yesterday we went to the Chocolate factory and had a tour to see how the chocolate was made. We got handed lots of...

OUR BAD NEWS!!!!!!! Well we have some really bad news.............................. WE ARE HOMELESS FOR CHRISTMAS!! We were invited back in May to spend Christmas with Sam and Stuart in Melbourne.(the parents of Zak who Victoria is a live in nanny for, for a year) We had been in contact with them during our travels and had made all the Christmas arrangments and dates we were staying with them f...

Well we're still stuck in Te Anau as Colin is in hospital! It appears that I (Natalie) wore down colin's break pads on the steep mountainous roads to MilforD sOUND!!! I must admit my foot was on the breaks for the duration of the journey... ooops! So now we're waiting for the parts to be brought to this remote town and we're bored stiff! Tried to sleep on the road last night (in Colin of course!) and it was really windly so we got really scared and drov...

We left Queenstown and travelled the 5 hours along the scary mountain roads to Milford Sound! We got absolutely attacked by Sand Flies which was awful! We made rice crispy cakes in Colin!! (Oh and Colin was given a new willy in Queenstown!!!! The waste pipe was broken so we had to go to the garage to get a new one!!! But he's still weeing everywhere so this one's no better its so embarassing!!!) Today we got a boat cruise through Milford Sound and ...