Unfortunately we have not had time to update the blog as we have had a fast paced trip through new zealand and have been on a bus most days. However here is the itinery of what we have been doing on the kiwi experience bus and our photos are on facebook. Sorry! 31 March 2009 - CHRISTCHURCH TO WESTPORT (VIA ARTHURS PASS) We depart Christchurch early and cruise west across the Canterbury Plains and start climbing the foothills of the Southern Alps through the Kor...

25 March 2009 We got our flight today back to Sydney and arrived in at about 4pm. This time instead of being in a dorm in the Base hostel we had our own twin room as we'd booked this back in August when we first planned the trip. It was really nice to be able to unpack our things and not be in a dorm, however we were a little disaspointed to find they'd still given us a bunk bed. After dinner we had an early night ready for our trip to Bondi Beach in the morning...

23 March 2009 After a short stopover in Sydney we caught an early flight to Melbourne for a flying visit. We ended up at Avalon airport which is very small and quite far out the city centre which we realised was why the flight was so cheap. We eventually worked out how to organise a shuttle bus to the city centre and were dropped off at our hostel. In true traveller spirit we had decided to go for the cheapest dorm possible which turned out to be a 14 person dor...

21/22 March 2009 This morning we left Byron Bay at 7am for Surf Camp. This is a compulsory stop on Oz Experience as the journey from Byron to Sydney would be too much in one go. We arrived at the camp around lunchtime and were shown to our rooms, very small but ok!. Then it was time for the surf lesson. We had a talk with the intstrutor first where he taught us the basics about catching the waves and rips etc. He was most concerned with flirting with some girls ...

18-20 March 2009 We travelled from Noosa to Byron Bay on Wednesday and entered a new state and time zone. The journey took most of the day so when we got there we just chilled out in our room. We were in an apartment with 2 dorms of four people and a lounge and kitchen so was much better than a normal dorm. We spent our time in Byron Bay looking around the shops - we're getting fed up of our clothes so treated ourselves to a few new things! - and relaxing. We d...