The Northern Island I had left my bus full of friends in Queenstown, travelling with them had been a pleasure but time was running out and I had a flight to Fiji to catch! So I hopped on a bus and made my way up the coast to the top of the south island - ready to catch the ferry to the north island. Again I made a couple of friends and ended up drinking goon in the hostel with all of them that night, this was probably not a great idea as we had a ferry crossing...

The Kiwi Experience does thrill rides. Queenstown means not a lot to a lot of people but to me it means so much, it means adrenaline pumping, fear over coming, laughing, drinking, rugby world cup fun fun funnnn! So Queenstown is a little town at the bottom of New Zealand, the gate way to the beautiful Milford sound and some great snowboarding, it's nestled against the side of a mountain and cups a beautiful lake. So obviously it has a lot of natural stuff goin...

The Kiwi Experience does ICE! (Franz Joseph) I was a bit dubious about doing a whole days trek … on ice?! Particularly because of my clumsy nature, I remember when it snowed earlier in the year before I left to go travelling and it was literally nerve racking for me, I would stroll to work with confidence that my bright green wellies would keep me safe and then trip over the doorstep on the way into the office and end up with bruised knees and elbows. This wa...

When I arrived in New Zealand I expected it to be just like Australia but colder? I mean they aren't that far away from each other - they speak kind of similar and they are always talked about as a pair in traveller circuits "Australia and New Zealand" because you rarely visit one and not the other on a round the world trip. But I had completely underestimated the little country, I didn't realise when I landed on an icy evening in August that the next 6 weeks ...

I arrived in Melbourne after a 12 hour bus which had flown by, I was beginning to feel better and so slept through most of journey without my throat hurting and waking me up.It was rush hour when I arrived into the city but I found my way to the hostel with ease due to the simple tram system which laces the city.Habitat hostel in St Kilda is lovely, clean, friendly and it has a great common area which after bunk in Brisbane (which had nothing of the sort) it wa...