Again a rushed blog folks as im playing catch up... South Island...STUNNING. New Zealand is a photographers dream- the most photogenic country we've ever visited i think! We Visited beautiful Christchurch- stayed in the best hostel in the world i believe- we have stayed in hundreds over the years since we started travelling in 2002 and this was a stand out- a prison up until 1999!!! Cycled around in the sunshine, lots of evidence of the september 2010 earthquak...

Well, if anyone's still reading, I am still playing blog catch up! So from August 2010 to January 2011 we lived and worked in the wonderful tiny city of Wellington- we really loved our time here and were lucky to be surrounded by lots of lovely people! This blog is rushed so excuse rubbish writing! Way to much happened for me to try to blog about it but basically it comes down to- goof friends, lots of nights out in the welsh bar, fine food and wine, alot of din...

We had an amazing time in the beautiful country of Fiji way back in august 2010! I am so behind in this blog!!! It was one of the most beautiful places- kind of like Mauritius and the people were lovely too! We spent 4 glorious days in 5 star luxury - private chef, ocean views from our villa and so on....however unlike all the other guests, we did not opt for the tourist taxi (very pricey) to the villas from Nadi, instead, we opted to do it the backpacker way- b...

Friday 30th July 2010: Today we flew to Darwin and met up with our wonderful camp hilltop friend Lauren! She was my aussie co-counsellor in 2003 and it was just so amazing to see her. Roasting in Darwin (36degrees C) and its very tropical in the 'Top End'. Lauren picked us up at the airport in her huge ute and took us to her and Jarrod's flat. And so the drinking began….That evening Jarrod sparked up the Barbie and cooked us awesome steaks with bushtucker s...

EAST COAST OZ!!!!! (not perth and fremantle) Hi guys, sorry its been so long since we updated- consequently this is a huge one covering 1 month of travel up the east coast from Melbourne - Cairns. Love you all xxx Sunday 27th June 2010 Can't quite believe that we are finally leaving Melbourne. I cannot even explain how amazing the 8months living here have been!!! Truly lives up to its reputation as 3rd most liveable city in the world!!! But I was so excited t...