I am in the south island now and it is beautiful! The scenery is amazing with snowy mountains and glacial lakes. In the north of the island we stayed in Nelson and visited the Abel Tasmin National Park which is thought to be the country's most amazing park. We were really lucky with the weather and so the beaches looked amazing. There were several seal colonies aroound the coast which were really cool to see and we did a day trek through the forest to see the...

I have just about come to the end of my whistle stop tour of New Zealand's north island and later today we are heading across the Cook straight to the south island. It has been none stop since we arrived and we have only had two days of rain which is pretty good for over here! After leaving Auckland we headed up to the Bay of Island and New Zealands most northerly point, Cape Reinga. It is a beautiful stretch of coastline, even through the mist! Whilst there ...

Have just spent the last week in Sydney where my tour ended. It is a fantastic city with so much to do. The first day we took a tour of the Opera house which is stunning inside, both in the opera theatre and the concert hall, unfortnately all operas were sold out for the days we were there but we did manage to get tickets to see a short play in the play house which was a really cool experience though the play was a little odd!! One day we had a trip to Manly whic...

Hello! Last week whilst we were in Cairns I went snorkelling in the Great Barrier Reef and it was absolutely amazing! There were hundreds of fish of rainbow colours and yes we saw Nemo! There were giant clams on the sea floor and lots of soft coral. Still on the edge of the great barrier reef, we stayed on the one of the Whitsunday Islands called Long Island which was like a paradise beach but there were lots of weddings there to go with it! Ten of us then went o...

We have now arrived in Cairns which is like coming back to civilisation after being in the outback! Just popped into town and the night markets which are great and bustling with people. The back of the markets back onto the harbour which is really pretty. Tomorrow we should hopefully go on the gondola over the rainforest which will be amazing!