Hello Everyone, I hope you are all fine and looking foward to Christmas! Well, that's two weeks up in OZ already. Andy and I had another action packed week, no sky diving but plenty of fun. On Monday we took our hire car out on the Great Ocean Road again, it is meant to be one of the most spectacular drives in the world and it certainly did not disappoint. We stopped at a wee town on the coast called Lorne and headed for the Eriske waterfalls which were beauti...

Hello Everyone, Long time no speak! We had a fantastic time in Fiji! Lots of sun, sea and sand! It was beautiful. We also went snorkelling with sharks! We are now in Melbourne in Australia and almost one week in already! Andy (Gayle's boyfriend) arrived on Monday : ) We have had a very busy week already taking in all the sights. We are renting an apartment in St Kilda at the moment which is beside the seaside and we are based right in the centre! Tuesday: ...

Hi all! Quick update as we are going to get takeaway soon! We are back on the North island for a few more days before we leave for Fiji. We are sad to be leaving because we love this country and have met so many great people here but also looking forward to some relaxation on the beach. you may have gathered from the new pics that Rachel did Skydive on Monday, lots of fun! After we left Queenstown we arrived in Dunedin, which is supposed to be the Edinbu...

Hello Everyone, I hope you are well! We have had a very busy and active week. We got the ferry over to the South Island on Monday morning. We stayed for one night in Nelson and one night in Greymouth enroute to Franz Joesph. On the way we saw sea lions and the famous Pancake Rocks and we went panning for gold in a small town called Ross. We both had a fantastic time in Franz Joesph and experienced different activities! It was snowing when we arrived and w...

Hello Everyone, Happy Halloween!! Well after our extremel relaxing day on Wednesday in Rotorua we headed back on the Magic bus to Taupo. We had a couple of stops on the way to Taupo, we went to a Thermal Park (Mr Forsyth I hope you are impressed with all our Geography research we are carrying out for you!! You better book your ticket to OZ now!!) We got lots of good pictures of the pools of mud, and craters! Lots of beautiful colours, greens, blues, yellows ...