****HAPPY EASTER TO EVERYONE**** Sunday 23rd March 2008 I hope everyone had some yummy eggs to munch on yesterday ! We had 1 each too. We got picked up by Awol Adventures and were taken about 40minutes West of Auckland to a lovely beach town called Piha where we got kitted out with long-John wetsuits, jackets wetsuit socks, harnesses and helmets, ready for our Canyoning experience.We had to walk a hefty 40 mins in the forest - mega steep climbs in the heat an...

Hi All, I hope you all liked the photo's, wasn't my assistant good, on time as well!!! I should really note things down as I go because I keep forgetting what day of the week it is but here goes for the blog of the week: Wednesday 19th March We head to Pahia in the Bay of Islands for 3 days where we based ourselves to do some trips. Pahia is very pretty bay town, It took us 3 hrs to drive so by the time we got there on the first day we booked our trips and h...

Hello all, Firstly, we have uploaded a few albums so many of you may have not seen our Skydive photo's, so dip back into time and select these to see!!! There are not photo's yet but will be uploaded soon. 1 week left in New Zealand or as my mum said to me on the phone the other night, 6 weeks until I come home!!! Saturday 15th March We left out mini love caravan and headed for the "Lady Knox" Geyser spout out @ 10am, we wondered around the Waiot...

Hello there Well we are in stinky ( very stinky) Rotorua, the whole town stinks of egg due to all the sulphur from the geothermal pools etc, makes you feel a bit sick! Monday 12th March We arrived at Taupo after our horse ride and played mini golf which i almost got a hole in 1 but Iain did get 1 and it took me a record 12 shots for the easiest hole! We pitched up our tent at the Thermal holiday park, which decoded to break on us, the main pole snapped in 1/2!...

Hi All, Well we survived the bungy and this week we move onto some more death defying stunts but back to Picton. Friday 7th March Last nights meal in the famous Green Mussel cafe was superb, We had to drive an hour along the windy scenic route of Queen Charlotte pass before we arrived at Havelock. Cheap as chips it was. the views back from the cafe were really good too as we caught some of the sunset before retiring to our $40 cabin in the marine bay of Picto...