Hello all, we're now in New Zealand!! Landed in Auckland at midday on Wednesday and had some serious bus troubles! Got a public bus to Manakau, then the "naked bus" to Whitianga and caught up with the Kiwi Experience :) Stayed in a really homely hostel, had an enormous helping of spaghetti bolognaise and got chatting to the guys on our trip but went to bed fairly early cos we hadn't slept all night!! Did a walk on Thursday morning through a railway tun...

We said an emotional farewell to the family on Monday and Gay drove us to Byron Bay, a little touristy village full of things to do if the weather is fair, which of course it wasn't!We ended up going to the cinema on Tuesday, to see Step Up 3D. It rained and rained and rained and rained. Hid inside reading and playing cards for the rest of the day!Went for a walk on Wednesday morning, past Australias most easterly point and Byrons famous light house, then determi...

Hello again, long time no speak! We've had a lovely relaxing week, hence nothing much to say on the blog! Left Rainbow Beach last Sunday after walking down to the beach to watch the sunrise as we had seen so many amazing sunsets! Headed to Brisbane and met up with friend Tom, ex work colleague from the sports centre. Went out on his works do and had a great night meeting new people and dancing to the lively band! The next day we visited the lagoon after missing...

We had a great time at the Raffles Hotel :) most of our group came for slings and had monkey nuts, which we threw all over the floor!! Wandered around the waterfront- it looked lovely with all the lights on at night. We walked to the Canadian girls hotel on Saturday and went swimming, had lunch and swam again ;) Got pretty freaked out by a load of planes and helicopters flying over, tanks in the road and cannons going off!! Turns out it was an annual celebration...