We have been in Sydney for 6 days and the weather has been fantastic. On our first day we went on a tour of the city which the hostel we are staying at puts on for free so thought we would try it out. It was really good and we got to see all the sites and learn a little bit about the history of the city. The end of the walk resulted in us having our luch on the opera house steps which was pretty amazing. later that afternoon myself and fuzzy took a jet boat ride ...

Whilst in Melbourne we mainly stayed with Toms family as they kindly offered to let is stay with them for the week. On the first day there we went to the MCG to see an AFL game between Hawthorn and Richmond. I loved it and now understand all the rules having watched it back in England on Sky in confusion. Over the next few days we visited Melbourne Acquarium, Melbourne Zoo and Mount Dandedong. We also visited the famous Crown Casino and on my first visit manage...

Sorry its been a while, been so busy doing things i have not had chance to update this site other than post my photo's but here goes on updating the journal. After Taupo we headed north to Rotorua, the place that smells like rotten eggs all the time due to the volcanic activity. We were there for 3 days and it bounced down every day and most of the activities we had booked go cancel. We did however still manage to visit and natural spa, and the gysers which were...

Hey all. After my last blog we spent a further 5 days in Queenstown. As you have probably seen from my photo's we all did the Nevis Bungy jump. I have never been so nervous in my life as i was that day, and as i am the heavy one of the bunch i had to go first which made me extra nervous, all i kept thinking was what if they haven't got the bungy cord the right length and i am the first to jump. I never look down from when we arrived at the bungy site, whilst on t...

Hey All. Well since my last blog we have managed to pack loads into a few days. On Saturday morning we were up early to go on a full day hike up Franz Josef Glacier. We were hiking for a total of 8 hours with around 5 hours on the actual ice, we managed to get really high up onto the Glacier as we were with a good group who were up for going at a decent pace so our guide took us to some really amazing parts of the Glacier. At one point our guide "Tom" ...