Well I have spent the last 2 weeks in luxury! We arrived in Perth to find we would be staying in a very large and lovely house in the outskirts of Perth. The house had 4 bedrooms, a playroom and an amazing, well equipped kitchen ( a real novelty for backpackers!). And it was clean!!!! Sally (Debbie and Lucy's older sister) had prepared a lovely 3 course meal for us and stocked the fridge with lots of lovely food and wine! (Sally had arrived a day earlier than us...

Hey. Again, sorry it has been a while! Though it was about time that I let you know what I have been up to since getting back into Australia. I spent a lovely relaxing week, catching up with Lucy and Debbie in Melbourne. And then I got a bus to Adelaide to meet Selga, a girl I met in New Zealand (she lives in Leeds, so she has given me lots of advice about where to go, ready for uni!). We planned to spend a few days in Adelaide and do the wineries, but we got a...

Hello everyone. Sorry it's been so long, but I got very lazy on the south island of New Zealand. I had a great time on the south island, having made a great group of friends. I did another skydive, over the Fox Glacier and Mt Cook (the largest mountain in NZ). This one was so amazing and stunning - it's the 2nd most scenic in the world (the first being Mount Everest base camp)! I love them and want to do lots more - I will be waiting a while though as I am starti...

I SKYDIVED AND IT WAS AMAZING! JUMPED OUT OF A PLANE AT 13 000 FT!!!!

Hey guys. I am presently in New Zealand having completed the North Island! My journey started out on Friday from Auckland and out first stop was Hot Water Beach, which is a place where you can dig holes in the sand and you get to hot water. We dug a hole and made our own little pool- I was a wimp though and didn't get in! Was really nice just paddling in it though, as it was pretty chilly! We spent our first night in little place called Whitianga (Mercury Bay). ...