Ok we apologise for the delay on this one, but here comes our North Island Adventures... We arrived in the capital Wellington a little sad to have left our South Island days behind us but looking forward to what the North Island had to offer. The first night in Wellington we spent checking out the local haunts and celebrating Matt's 21st Bday!! (who we met rafting) After lots of cheesy dancing in the local club we managed to rise the next day with not too much ...

SOUTH ISLAND PART 2 (continued) After our very bad behavior we wallowed in having a much needed night off in the next place, being Lake Wanuka. The town was nice and quiet with a few restaurants and shops, and the lake was really pretty, a good place to stroll and reflect!! The evening here consisted of a $6 BBQ, absolutely NO alcohol and a little snuggle with a couple of films in the TV lounge. Before venturing to the mighty Queenstown we enjoyed a quick stop ...

SOUTH ISLAND PART 1 So we had left Australia feeling a little sad but very excited about our next set of adventures in New Zealand! We arrived in Christchurch Monday 2nd February all set for a quiet night in after a tiresome journey. After being persuaded to join a group of German lads on the balcony for a drink the next thing we knew we were in the bar sipping 2 for 1 gin and tonics! With everyone from our dorm room joining us we had a brilliant night with lot...

One great thing about the Oz bus is that when you get on a list gets passed around saying if you need accomodation or not and they pretty much sort you out for your next stay... this didn't go quite to plan for Melbourne!! The Australian open was the event that left us homeless- everywhere was completely fully booked and with one online booking rejected and no room at any of the inns we found oursleves in a frightflul frenzy scaring our bus driver Justin half to ...

We left Sydney at a very early and unseen hour and with a very worse for wear Katie with a plastic bag at the ready! We were set for our first Oz bus in a month and ready to get back into the travelling mind set after our month of being quite settled. To follow was a three day trip from Sydney to Melbourne stopping at a few places along the way...... Our first port of call after a satisfying fry up to sort out you know who was Canberra, the capital of Australi...