hello!

We are now staying in Melbourne with Molly's cousin Tim in a really nice flat on the outskirts in Ivanhoe. The last week or so of New Zealand went so quickly. In Dunedin it didn't find anyone else called Elspeth and most people can't even say my name. We went to Cadbury world as it was pretty rubbish weather but our hostel was really nice and central so we never had to walk that far. We then drove to Kaikoura which was so beautiful as it was right by the sea (that was full of seals, whales and dolphins) and had snow capped mountains as well. We then went to Christchurch our last stop. It was a lot like cities back in England and we even went punting! We stayed in 2 hostels one called frienz which had a cycling machine and crosstrainer and free breakfast and then the Base in Christchurch. We stayed in the special Penthouse bit with its own tv, Kitchen, BBQ, balcony and living room that was shared with 3 dorms. It was brilliant.

Our journey to Australia went very smoothly although everyone is telling us we've brought the bad weather from home because it is quite windy and cold compared to what it should be.

Happy Birthday Joni!

Elspeth xxx