31 Jan: First day in Melbourne. Dressed inappropriately in shorts and a t shirt I went to explore Melbourne. It then started to pour rain! Melbourne is a fantastic city for a tourist. Everything is free!! I first hopped on the free city tourist tram to federation square, the heart of the city. I organised my great ocean road trip in the tourist office before hopping on the free tourist city bus which in 13 stops showed tourists the highlight of the city. Stops...

18 Jan. Interislander ferry from Wellington to Picton across Cook Strait. (Cook Strait connects the Tasmin Sea with the Pacific Ocean) Luckily we had good weather after hearing horror stories of previous crossings. Cook Strait is part of Marlborough Sound and the scenery was stunning and we even got to see dolphins swimming and playing along the way. We were picked up at the ferry terminal and drove towards Nelson. Along the way we stopped off at a winery where...

10 Jan. Arrived into Aukland at 4.30am so had the full day to see the sights of the city. Stayed at base hostel who organised a free city tour for me with Kiwi Experience which was great. Aukland is a lovely city and quite affluent although apparently other new Zealanders hate Auklanders and call them "Jafas" - Just another f*** Auklander!!. Our first stop was the harbour where we walked across the Aukland Harbour bridge along with four other guys who were doi...