Day 152: BULA from fiji!! This blog is slightly belated as we couldn't log in properly in Fiji! We spent an amazing 2 weeks Island hopping in the Yasawa Islands - a group of islands about 5-6 hrs from the mainland. We were also joined by Daisy (aka Dizzay/Diz/Dizzlar/Dizzy Rascal) which was fab! We had an Island hopping pass, so could go to a different resort/island each day. We stayed in many different places, some being very luxurious (on a backpackers budge...

Day 134: North Island, sweet as! Today marks 19 weeks of travelling - it is flying by! We're now in Auckland for our last couple of days in New Zealand. From Queenstown we headed south to Milford Sound. The drive through the mountains was amazing and it was a beautiful sunny day. We spent the afternoon on a boat exploring the sound and saw some fantastic waterfalls, rainbows and fur seals! After that we went even further south to Bluff, the most southerly point...

Day 120 - Kia Ora! Hello from New Zealand!! We've been here nearly 2 weeks already and our time is going far too fast! We were both sad to leave Sydney behind, but excited about the next part of our journey. We started in Christchurch, thankfully the day after the earthquake. There was a lot of damage to see, and it felt strange walking around the town where some buildings were fine and the one next door had completely gone. We also managed to avoid the floodin...

Day 106 - Merry Christmas! Wow, we can't believe it is already christmas! We are now in Sydney, staying with Louise's uncle and family (Rich, Justine and Georgia) After Byron we spent a few more days travelling south and we finally found the sun! We had a day surfing at 'spot x' surf camp, which was great fun. We also went to a koala hospital which was amazing, and we saw how they treated the injured koalas and got them ready for release back in to the wild. W...

Day 106 - Merry Christmas! Wow, we can't believe it is already christmas! We are now in Sydney, staying with Louise's uncle and family (Rich, Justine and Georgia) After Byron we spent a few more days travelling south and we finally found the sun! We had a day surfing at 'spot x' surf camp, which was great fun. We also went to a koala hospital which was amazing, and we saw how they treated the injured koalas and got them ready for release back in to the wild. W...