Happy Christmas everyone! Napier hasn't managed to turn on the sun for us but nevermind! Still have managed tennis and swimming so hey keeping in the spirit of a Southern Hemisphere christmas. Hope you all have a magic day wherever you are and that santa is kind to you all. We have had an amazing time with all the New Zealand friends and family. We managed to pick a perfect day to take on the Tongariro Crossing - anybody visiting the Cenrtal North Island - thi...

I went on to Sydney on my own while Gareth headed to Auckland for a stag do and stayed in a hostel for a couple of nights near the Central railway station.I've not travelled on my own before apart from for work so the first day I was a bit lost and trying to fill in all my time all the time but actually I found that I really enjoyed myself and once I got chatting to some of the girls in the room with me in the hostel I was totally happy. Sydney was just like I'd ...