So we were finally back on the road after a week of chores and saving our pocket money just enough to entertain us on our way through the south island. Jac the Monica that she is actually enjoyed the domesticity (is that right?, anyway its not a spelling competition, so it doesn´t matter) of it all... the freak. We boarded the magic bus at 8 in the morning ready for a 6 hour drive down to capital city Wellington, well it would have been a six hour ride if t...

Hey guys, at the moment were quite busy with things over here so we have made an effort to put blogs on as we do things, that way its fresh in our minds and keeps Les happy! Huka FallsAs punishment for all the hot weather and not working we decided to do a couple of walks, we started with Huka Falls which is a fairly easy walk along Waikato River after 1 and a half hours you reach the falls. The power of the fall is amazing and described as NZ's answer to Niagr...

When we got onto the bus today we were met by a great driver who straight off broke the ice by telling everyone to speak to the people around us as he wouldn't be doing any head counts and would only know if anyone had been left behind if we piped up! By doing this everyone on the bus got chatting early on in the day. First off we visited a mud pool shortly followed by Lady Knox Geyser which spouts water at 10.15 every morning with the little help from Organic so...

After 4 days in Whitianga we headed back on the Magic Bus for Rotorua, I know that this bus sounds like one for special people but it really is quite cool. We left early in the morning to reach Waitomo Caves by lunchtime which was a must do and something we were really looking forward to doing. These caves are meant to be mind blowing limestone caves with some awesome rock formations filled with glowworms and a river running through it that you can tube on just l...

We arrived after a fun and action packed day on the Magic bus. Our stop offs were Hot Water Beach and Cathedral Cove. On arrival at Hot water Beach it looks normal but if you take a closer look there are about 200 people in a 20sqft patch with spades, guessing that was where the hot water was hiding.What you had to do was dig a hole about 2ft and then it would start to fill up with water, nice and warm but sometimes schorchio water! So much so that if you get ...