Hi guys and dolls Well, we've had quite a few amazing encounters since last we spoke. We did indeed come across some fantastic NZ wildlife, and boy were we lucky! I could spend hours talking you through it all in details, but don't worry I won't (I'll save that for when I see you, ha ha!). We worked our way back up the East Coast and on the way, we explored a few isolated spots that you have some chance of seeing wildlife. In NZ there are rare Hookers Sea Lions...

Howdy folks! Yes we are still alive. I know we haven't been 'blogging' much, but we're not often near civilization (and even when we are, there are rarely computers - or at least ones that work!) and to be honest - we're having far too much fun. Therefore, I'll give you a quick run down of the main things we've done since we last spoke! Left Wellington and crossed to the South Island on the ferry. What an amazing journey. The most beautiful boat crossin...

Hello, or should I say, Kia Ora! Now then, where do I start? It's been a while since we logged on!!! A lot has happend since we last spoke, so here goes - in a nutshell. Spent a week in the Northland and went to the most northernly tip of the North Island. Within this week, we saw the most amazing scenery ever! It was fantastic. The place was so remote, we hardly saw any life for days. We camped in the back garden of New Zealands most Northernly Tavern (we obv...

Well we made it to New Zealand, safe and sound. It's been a busy few days, and we're looking forward to a rest already! As soon as we got into Auckland we had a sleep (a long sleep) as we didn't get much on the overnight flight, and the clock went forward 3 hours too, so we were wrecked (we're now 13 hours ahead of you guys). After our beauty sleep - we decided to consider what the heck we are going to do for the next 7 weeks. And to cut a long story short, w...

Farewell Aus! So we've reached the end of the line and we're about to head to the airport, but before we leave, we obviously have to document the things we'll miss .... and indeed the things we won't! Things we will missWildlifeHow they call flip flops 'thongs' I won't, I think its silly!Bottle-o / Bottle Shops - drive through off sales - genius!Schooners of beerPay as you go electric BBQs (or indeed free ones)Lagoons - gorgeous clean swimming water by the ...