Happy New Year to you all. We had a wonderful time here in New Zealand with many very new and unique experiences. We had lots to eat, went to the beach a couple of times and rode the maddest sky wire you could imagine which not only flew through the air forwards at 90km/hr but then flew backwards as well. It was great!

Katie and Matt left to continue their trip early on New Year's Day.

The photos give a fair flavour but I have had no end of trouble getting them on this time so you will just have to be patient if some are a bit odd or out of sequence as I've lost the will to be bothered to spend more time on them when the sun is shining and I've been stuck at the PC for about 4 hours! I'm off to sit in the garden with a glass of wine.

More when we get back from Australia.