Hey, Just about to head to the airport to start the long leg back home. A days flying and then a crappy bus ride to Leeds. Well we cut our stay in Fiji from 12 days down to 2 but we did manage to get our buts to a little uninhabited island in the Mamanuca group and do a bit of snorkelling, saw a few poisonous fish too. I played a round of golf (badly) but that doesnt matter when your playing next to the airport! Anyway home we go.

Hey,Writing this before we travel back to the future (we're passing through the date line to Fiji). So we've been in the Cook Islands in for 9 days and to be honest with you that's 5 days too much! There's not a lot to do here - sure there are some pretty beaches and lagoons and im sure your thinking after looking at the pictures that this must be paradise - but after NZ we're now adrenaline junkies and baking ourselves on the bach isn't c...

Hidi ho, We spent most of the flight from Christchurch to Wellington planning which route to take to Auckland and which sites to see.........fast forward one hour and these plans were scuttered when we were told by all rent-a-car companies that we were stuck in Wellinton - all roads shut!!! b*****. So the quick thinking pair of us ran to Air NZ service desk (not believing we would get a positive answer) and politely asked whether we could swap our fligh...

So just before we landed in Christchurch we stumbled across a rent a car advert in the plane magazine and thought, why not. 2 hours later we were in our little brand new Daihatsu Sirion (we named her Daisy). What an absolute bargain too - only 17 pounds a day including full insurance! We went straight to Kaikoura to look at the Seals and the spectacular mountain ranges. The following day we heard from the locals that they were expecting a storm so we took o...

Hey, Just returned from our 3 day tour of the Grampians park and the Great Ocean Road. The most exciting part was our helicopter ride over the 12 Apostles. Unfortunately we didnt do a loop the loop and i wasnt allowed to fly but it was a great trip none the less. We climbed a mountain in the Grampians national park and climbed down a big hill to a mahussive waterfall. WE nearly froze to death in Australias coldest hostel too although we did have ...