We arrived in New Zealand on 17th September and spent a week with Sam's half-brother, Guy, his wife Kate and the three kids; Eleanor, Hugo and William. It was lovely to meet them and for Sam to see them again as it has been a few years since the last time. They live in a nice town called Waiuku, about 45 minutes outside of Auckland. We flew from Auckland down to Christchurch on the south island where we picked up another camper van. We decided to go for a bi...

So we're currently in New Zealand but I'm sure you'd all like to know about our trip up the east coast of Oz first! We set off in a bright green camper van called Jerry and headed for Byron Bay. Unfortunately the weather was so bad that we had to abandon the trip after about 10 hours and slept in a rest station (a secure lay by) on the side of the Pacific Highway - not exactly the start of the trip that we were hoping for! We reached Byron early the next mornin...

By popular demand, the blogs are back!! We’re really sorry it’s taken so long to get round to writing this but the long awaited update on Sydney is here… I guess a good place to start would be to tell you all where we’re living. After a long search on the internet we’ve found ourselves a lovely apartment in Ultimo, a 15 minute walk from the city and not far behind Darling Harbour, which is a lovely area with fancy restaurants and bars. To start with we...

Hello from Sydney!! So we're fully settled in now. We've found a place to live - we're living in a nice apartment in a place called Ultimo, which is a 10 minute walk behind Darling Harbour (pictured above). Currently we're staying with 2 Korean girls and one of their younger brother's but there's an Australian woman moving in soon. I've got a job working for a man who owns his own drainage company and I'm helping him out with office admin for a few weeks. I hav...