Howdy Partners! We are in Wellington at the mo. Its nice but doesnt fell like a capital city!! In the way of things to do theres not much here but there is cafes and bars a plenty so we are happy!! Saying that we have been to Te Papa (Museum) which at the mo has the lord of the rings exhibit! Brillant! Pete has also been converted! He now loves the films, i think being here has something to do with it. We are staying @ a place called Rowena's, its nice e...

We heard great things about this place before we wrrived here so we thought it must be worth checking out! On our journey south from Rotorua we stopped off for a couple of hours at Lake Taupo, a really beautiful little town on the edge of New Zealands largest lake. When we arrived in Tonagriro National Park, Lou wouldn't keep quiet as she was excited about seeing her first snowy mountain. Simple things, eh? he he. I cant say I blame her though, after all we...

Well what can I say - just like the rest of NZ we have seen so far we love Rotorua! The people that told us the smell was overpowering were a bit over the top. We didnt think it smelt that bad...we have certainly smelt worse! We arrived here when it was dark and pouring with rain so finding our campsite was a bit of a mission. But find it we did and we settled down for our first night here. On our first full day we headed to a thermal reserve called Kuirau P...

Well we are about a week into our campervan experience and still loving it! The best thing is the feeling of absolute freedom you get...no bus timetables or schedules to stick to. After touring around the Northlands we headed to the Coromandel Peninsula, just east of Auckland, with our first stop being the town of Thames. Although we didnt actually stop here for too long it seemed like a cool little place. We headed on northwards to the township of Coromande...

Campervan is wicked, its small, compact but very cosy! We have a bed, a little gas stove, an esky and a 20 litre water bottle but not much else! No mod cons like some of the other campervans so its as it should be. Our campervan is called Bilbo...! Quite appropriate don't you think?? Our first stop Bay of Islands..a beautiful place but very touristy. We sailed around the islands here and saw dolphins and penguins in the wild! The highlight was a baby dolphin show...