HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! On Tuesday 30th December we set off to do the Tongariro crossing (the one that was cancelled before Xmas) It's labelled as one of the best one day hikes in the world and it would of been great if the weather was good, however it was really miserable (abit like when we done the Inka Trail) we couldn't see much but the walk was nice and we got around pretty quickly, in 6 hours instead of 8. After dinner in the evening we walked down and met frien...

Hi Everyone Hope you all had a fantastic Xmas. Friday was an early start, pick up was from the Burger King - but what no-one realised was that the burger king had actually moved premises the week before so we were stood at the new one and they were waiting for us at the old one! opps! Eventually we found our big green busand headed to Tatapouri near Gisbourne. On the way we stoped off at the Hinehopu tree to place an offering and wish for good weather as it was...

Mercury Bay / Rotorua / Waitomo and Taupo Hi Guys We left Auckland Saturday morning and on the way out we drove to Mount Eden for some 360 degree views of Auckland. Before arriving at Whitanga/ Mercury Bay we visited Cathedral Cove beach, it's famous for it's archway and it is also the beach used for the first scenes in The Chronicals of Narnia 2. The water was freezing - the coldest sea ever! That evening the hostal cooked us a lovely spagetti bolognese which ...

Hiya, After an early start on Monday we arrived at the Bay of Islands around 1:30pm we were dissapointed with the weather because it was over cast and grey. Tom and Towny went on a power boat trip around the islands and out to the hole in the rock formation and got pretty wet! Kim, Luke and Towny were suposed to do their sky dive aswell but it got cancelled due to the weather. In the evening we went to Pipi patch hostal where we had an ocean themed Bar b q. It w...

Woohoo! English speaking people! hahaha! Although they do say "fush 'n' chups" rather than fish and chips! haha! The fun began when we got to immigration in Auckland and bumped into Towny who was ahead of us in the que and was going to wait for us inthe baggage claim, however once we got to the arrivals terminal there was still no sign of him so we waited... and waited...and waited... then about 45 minutes later a pissed off looking Towny strolls out ...