G'day all, greetings from Tauranga, North Island, NZ. We're actually in a little beach town called Papamoa, about 200kms south of Auckland. We have our van situated on a grass bank 50 yards from the shore of the Pacific Ocean, not bad eh. Parked with our boot facing the sea so when we wake up in the morning, what a lovely view!Since our last update we finally, after a long week of waiting, we conquered the 18kms Tongariro Crossing. It was certainly worth ...

G'day (it's easier than kia ora and hello). We haven't slowed down since our last update, been real busy! Karl's been doing us proud on the road and yes we're still cruising around! We now have the fastest campervan in NZ, it's official! From Franz and Fox Glaciers we cut back across the country to Hanmer Springs, an afternoon of relaxation. Hanmer Springs is famous for a mixture of sulphur pools and freshwater thermal pools with a bit of artificial help thro...

Kia ora everybody, well we both are still saying g-day so both will do. What a place this is! Can see why people love this place and say its the best scenery in the world, it is truly breathtaking! What we have seen so far has all been so different but still makes you go "wow look at that" Awesome! Never known a country where you can jump from almost anything you want! thats coming up .... wooooooohoooooooo!!! When we last updated we were getting ready...

Kia ora! Where do we start? So much has happened since our last update! We are certainly in the land of activity, scenery and millions of white fluffy sheep. We told you that we were off to the Opera House in Sydney for a night of classical music. Well it was.......fantastic! Couldn't believe the amount of variation in the people there, we weren't the only travellers! Mind you, all of us were sat in the cheap seats cos the orchestra had their backs to us! We re...

G'day from Sidders! Yep, we finally made it to the famous city after driving 18,000kms around this huuuuge country, bit of a road trip huh! Spent a few days down in miserable Melbourne (it was cold and wet, not what we're used to!!) Highlights were definitely the Great Ocean Road and the Elephant & Wheelbarrow pub in the city!! Drove the Great Ocean Road from Torquay - real surfy little town, probably not that different from the one at home! The scenery was...