Hello! I am back in Plymouth and have just started recovering from the cold I caught on the long journey home! I must say that I haven't really experienced any jet lag, which is quite a relief. The closest thing to it was me falling asleep for a bit at the table after tea last night - but that was for about 5 minutes. I last entered a blog when I was in Auckland, before I headed north towards Paihia and the Bay of Islands. I had another night in Auckland which w...

How ya goin? I am back in Auckland where I started my NZ travels. I'm here for two nights before going further north to Paihia and the Bay of Islands, which i'm really looking forward to. This will be the last section of my trip before flying home on 21st December and i'm hoping the weather will be warm and sunny up there so I can spend some time on the beach and in the sea! I last left you in Queenstown and I was there for another couple of days which turned o...

Greetings from Queenstown! I arrived here yesterday after having to stay in Wanaka for longer than I intended. It's good to be here because it's a buzzing party town and it's been fun already! I last did a blog entry when I was staying for a couple of days in Wellington. I managed to visit the Te Papa museum, which was very good. I learnt a bit about volcanic activity and Mauri culture. So thats all very good and sensible stuff ey? I had to get to the Ferry ea...

Hello again, I have now spent one week in New Zealand travelling down the North Island from Auckland to Wellington. It feels like it's been several weeks because i've seen and done alot already. The Stray Bus and its driver, Rob, picked me up from the Base Hostel in Auckland early on the first morning and we headed straight to Mount Eden where we could look across the city landscape and take some photos. We then drove for a while and stopped off at a beach wher...

Hello again. I said i'd complete my Western Australia blog soon and thought i'd better do it now because i've landed in New Zealand. If I carry on here without having recalled the rest of my Australia trip then i'll get everything mixed up. Like when I was learning French & German at the same time at school. It just gets messy. So I left it at Broome. The completion of the first half of the tour. We grouped up again after spending 3 days in Broome to start ...