Following a hectic last night on the North Island, and we were up early the next morning (6am on a hangover!) and cobbling our stuff together for our crossing over onto the South island. The 2 hour crossing gave us all the chance to catch up on some sleep - which we duly did - and before long we could see the banks of the South island, and were immediately impressed. We passed through Malbourough Sounds, a stunning scenery where hilly lands meet with watery inl...

After saying goodbye to Jodie in Melbourne, my family in Brisbane and my lovely Lottie in Perth, I headed to New Zealand, and for the first time ever, I travelled alone. As ever with arriving in a new country, the first few hours is always the weirdest and most daunting, and so it proved as I arrived in Auckland at around 2am on a Saturday morning (Friday night!). My chosen hostel was to be found on the K-Road, a road I soon found out to be a party street, wher...