After spending a rather lenghty time in the South Island (almost two months) I have been whizzing around the North island for the past 10 days. The North island lacks the outstanding beauty of the South but is a pretty place all the same and is far more populated than the South island. There is a very big contigent of Ploynesian and Maori people in the North island so we have learned a lot about their culture, visited a Maori Village in a place called Rotura they...

I am now in Queenstown or rather Crazy town!! Since I have been here it has been non stop partying and I have sold my sould to the Devil by signing up for the Trilogy which is a combination of three bungee jumps. I have already done two, the first one was off Kawaru Bridge which is over a very beautiful lake and is a 43 metre drop. The next one was off "the Ledge". We had to get a gondola up to the top of a mountain to get to this one and the views were absolutle...

Hi there Here I am in New Zealand and it really is a stunning place! Flew into Christchurch which is a very pretty English town about 10 days ago, it is reminiscent of Stratford upon Avon for those that have been there! After a few days chilling out there I did some wwoofing for a week (about 20 mins from Christchurch) ....no I didn't morph into a barking caniine with four legs but it what is known as "williing workers on Organic farms". Basically for 40 dol...

Here we are back in Sydney once again! Can't believe 2 months has past since we were last here for Christmas! We had a great time in Melbourne and the Great Ocean Road was the highlight, by far the most beautiful past of Australia would do it all over again in the morning! Last night Cath and I went to see a play called Blithe Spirit at the Sydney Opera house and it was brilliant if you get the opportunity and its on in the West end, go see it! We fly t...

Well after four brilliant and fun filled weeks on the east coast, we are here in Melbourne. We are now certified divers after completing our four day open water in Cairns and had some great dives on the reef. We spent two days in the classroom and in the pool, then we went out on the reef for 2 days (up at 6 every morning) and were tested on all our skills. We had to go as far down as 18 metres which is the max for an open water diver, take our masks off, take ou...