Hello once again, or 'Keora', as the Maoris would say. Im writing right now from Pahia in the Bay of Islands. I last wrote from Queenstown where I ended up staying a good 5 nights or so as bus after bus of people would turn up day after day all looking to go out partying! Just when I thought Id have a quiet night in, a new bus load of people would turn up and I'd soon be convinced to join them on a night out! I eventually managed to wrestle mysel...

After spending a couple of days in Christchurch I've started properly touring the South Island now and the travelling is back on track. The scenery in this country is breathtaking. Everywhere I look I see hills, mountains, lakes and valleys that all look as thought they could easily have been used for Lord of the Rings. Ive seen a couple of places that were actually used in the filming, namely mount cook, but its not hard to see why they filmed here. As ...

Country number 8! Thats right, ive landed in New Zealand. Ive only been here a couple of days but already I've had a small glimpse of the beauty this country has to offer. Even from the plane window offered great views as we flew over snow capped mountains and down towards Christchurch, my first stop in this country. It was a bit sad to leave Australia, id spent about 5 months there. In my last couple of weeks i spent more time with my family, as well a...