Sydney - Sightseeing, Surfing, and the Playboy mansion... You'd have thought that after backpacking for 8 months we'd be used to border crossings and what was required but we arrived at Christchurch airport only to find that we'd neglected to obtain an Australian ETA. Thankfully though, the baggage check-in guy quickly pointed us to the 'desk for muppets who assume a British passport will get you in anywhere' where we were relieved of the last of our NZ dollars ...

South Island, New Zealand - Swimming with Dolphins, Walking on Glaciers and a serious amount of wine... Our first stop was Marlborough, situated on the north-eastern corner of the South Island and NZ's largest wine-producing area. There are 65 wineries and 290 grape growers in the area and we'd decided to spend 2 days here getting battered..sorry, sampling the wines of the region. Our first day was spent on a tour with 7 other people. We realised we were in tr...

North Island, New Zealand - Amazing beaches, stunning scenery and incredible Crunchie bars...We left Chile late in the evening of 1st December and, although the flight to New Zealand was only 12 hours long, we didn't arrive in Auckland until 28 hours later where it was already 3rd December! Paddy took a somewhat novel approach to the time difference and decided that, having lost 2nd December altogether, he could have 2 breakfast, lunches and dinners on 3rd. This ...