I was woken up by Jack at 5.30am and I stumbled into the shower. I packed my backpack and then Jack drove me to a nearby bus station. I hopped on a bus to the city. The view of the city as the bus drove over the harbour bridge was amazing (just like the photo above). I walked to Base Backpackers and waited in the hostel for the bus. I spoke to a Canadian guy called Jeff on the Stray bus driven by a funny Kiwi guy called Kerry. He drove us to Mount Eden and we wal...

I woke up with Margaret bringing me a cup of tea (I've not had proper tea since I left) It was great and then I had my hot shower! We had breakfast and I phoned home speaking briefly to my mum. I then spoke to my gran Morrison for a while and found out how she was keeping. I'll need to give my gran Lawrie a call soon as well and surprise her. I got my money transfer code from my dad's email and then scribbled it down on a note. We then set off in the c...