14th January (Week Twenty-Eight) Spent the day stressing about selling Alice (the car), only realised today that all of the notices Paul created had the wrong mobile number on. We were wondering why we hadnt received many calls. (Big whoops). Anyway headed off to a big car market at the Ellesmere racecourse. Spent the morning with crossed fingers. We had a few people look at the car but no one was really that interested. So headed off late afternoon stressing th...

11th January (Week Twenty-Eight) Woke up to a gorgeous morning, the sun is shining - yipee!! Set off to the Cape Reinga the most Northerly point of the North Island. Just before heading to the Cape we stopped at Ninety Mile beach for a look, we were not alone lots of buses passed us on the sand heading along the massive stretch. (Our old car won´t make it on the sand so got back into the car and onto the main road to Cape Reinga) The view was outstanding, blue ...

6th January 2007 Headed off on the bus to the start of the Tongariro crossing, we began our walk heading up a very steep hill to the Red crater which was amazing, the colours were even more beautiful than we imagined. The scenery along the track was so diverse, from flat volcano craters to steep gravely cliffs, blue green sulphur pools and dense forests. Along the way we passed through the Ketetaki hot springs which ran down the side of the mountains, you could ...

Week Twenty-Six cont ... Thu 28th Dec 2006 Packed up the tent, stopped off at Buller Gorge swing bridge which was pretty cool stuff, Paul jumped on the flying fox back over the gorge as i steadied myself on the swing bridge. Then off to the Abel Tasman for a drive, it was a gorgeous day and the drive was amazing, blue ocean, cliffs and white sandy bays stretched out for miles. Stopped off at Kaiteriteri one of the many bays along the route for a picnic, literal...

Week Twenty-Four Fri-went to the cinema with Paul to see James Bond "Casino Royal"- what a film no cheese in sight! Even didn't mind a blond James Bond thought Daniel Craig was pretty good. All in all a very good watch. Sat - Drove to Kaikoura for Whale watching, which we booked for tomorrow luckily as all trips today were cancelled due to rain and strong winds. Sun - What a day for sailing and whale watching - blue skies and a calm ocean. Headed off...