Only got one day left before heading homewards!!!!!!!! Fiji is definately not the paradise island that you might imagine!!!!! Well not where we are anyway!!!! The beach is brown and the streets are dirty!!!! For the white beaches you need to go to the smaller islands which cost a small fortune!!!!!!! Never mind, still managed to have a good relaxing final week!!!! Not been able to upload any more photos though, I'll do the rest from home!!!! ...

Hello again!!!! Coming toward the end of our time in the van in New Zealand!!!! Off to Fiji in a few days for our final stop in the sun before heading home!!!! The North Island is pretty much the same as the South, but a lot more populated and the buidings are bigger!!!!! Still plenty of glorious scenary too!!!! Spent a few days in Napier, before heading to Taupo and Rotarua and experiencing the Thermal Pools and volcanoes!!!!!! Next stop wa...

Since leaving Queenstown (for the third time) with an extra passenger in tow, we headed up the west coast to Milford Sound, Franz Josef, Punakaiki, Nelson and Abel Tasman, as well as many other random stops!!!! Milford Sound was really nice but soooo cloudy we couldn't see anything!!!! Franz Josef was really cool and the glacier was pretty amazing!!!! Got stuck on the beach at Punakaiki and had to get towed out by the bar man of the pub down the ro...

WOW!!!! New Zealand is soooooo beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!! But bloody cold!!!! Been in New Zealand for nearly 2 weeks now and still can't get over how amazing it is!!!!!! The landscapes look too good to be real!!!!! Life in the van is pretty cool, but it's starting to smell of feet a bit!!!!! It's great to just drive around aimlessly with no destination in mind and end up wherever!!!!! Done a couple of 'Extreme' Sports in Queenstown too.... Bungy j...

Hello again, Since leaving Queensland we've been to Brisbane for a few days and then to Sydney!!!! Brisbane was pretty cool, but just like any other big city really!!!!! Was there for St. Patrick's Day and had a good night!!!! Also went to Australia Zoo - home of Steve Irwin, but we didn't see him!!!!! Arrived in Sydney about a week ago and spent a few days by the beach in Coogee (and Bondi) and then came to King's Cross for the final few days of...