Any comment about New Zealand wouldn't be complete without mentioning geographically diversity. In just a few weeks we saw beaches, plains, rolling hills, mountains, glaciers fringed by subtropical forests, ravines, meadows, geothermal wastelands and volcanic mud pools. And Auckland, probably the most underrated city we've been too so far, a place that felt a bit like home - in a good way. We stayed in Ponsonby at Scott's, a friend of Em's from Nottingham. He ...

Unfortunately (though quite avoidably) we arrived in Melbourne a day later than David and Chloe were expecting us. Its not our first error with dates, but at least we haven't missed a flight yet. We successfully found their house but knowing that they were out 'til 1pm we sat in their garden waiting patiently for them to return. I have never known heat like this (and this was only a fraction of how hot it became after we left Melbourne). The wind was actually li...