Our departure from Masterton, gave us a chance to try out our wet weather gear with Wellington turning on the weather in a way that only Wellington can! A brief overnight stay and then an early morning flight to Auckland was the kids first time on a plane. Scott wasn't impressed and was very bored on the short 1 hour flight - not a good sign with 22 hours of flights ahead of us. At Auckland airport we managed to find "Stumpy" our kiwi mascot for the trip (named b...

Just over a week to go before we embark on our big family adventure to Europe. We're starting to get excited, but also wondering how we'll all manage under each others feet for 8 weeks (expecially travelling through France in a Campervan!). A quick synopsis of our trip: We arrive in Milan, Italy and head North for a few days on Lake Como.We then leave Italy - you may be thinking that we're mad to leave Italy so soon, but don't worry, we do come back later on!...