Well it's my final day in New Zealand, we leave for Oz tommorrow! We arrived late last night and tried a hostel which said it had parking and loads of rooms (over 1000) however the girl on reception was sarcastic and unhelpful, and she put me in a room full of foreign men (idiot). Anyway today we have been up the skytower which is the highest building in the southern hemisphere. Fantastic view and you can walk on a glass floor which you can see right down to ...

We arrived at Rotorua around tea time so we dropped our bags at the hostel and went out for summit to eat. We decided on an indian 'cause there was loads, when we finally found one with space we were waiting for a table and the guys we met in Fiji at Nabua Lodge walked past us it was one of their birthdays so they asked us to join them, we were all totally amazed to bump into each other in another country! The meal was ok! but everyone else enjoyed it inlcudi...

So we set off on New Years Day, to get to Waitomo, we were planning to go blackwater rafting and abseiling. The hostel we stayed in was great "KIWI PACKER WAITOMO" I would deffo recommend it it has everything in close proximity of it. We went blackwater rafting at 12 after a massive fry up at the hostel $12 and it was huge, wish I was hungry enough! After struggling to climb into a damp smelly wetsuit, I had to put big white gum boots (wellies) on and a...

Hi guys well, xmas day has been amazing and different to say the least! We had a feast on the beach with LOTS of Moet! Mat played footie, me 'n' Bungie chilled in the sun, the sea was bloody freezing though! Hope you all have a good day, ours is nearly over now :-( but we enjoyed every minute of it, i'll put the photos on tommorrow. Take care and keep in touch. Love and peace Ellie xxx

So merry xmas everyone i'm just off to the beach for me xmas day barbeque! Will send some photos of my xmas day on the beach later have a good day when it arrives for you cause i got it first, ha ha. Merry Xmas and all the best for 2007. Love and peace Ellie xxx