Hi! Simmons again. if you missed the last instalment from em read that first ok... day 7. i set out along a canal that links lake Tekapo and Lake Pukaki as part of the big hydro-electricicty facilities in this part of the country. there are losts of such things by the way. this was great as it ment the going was flat and easy, even the wind was with me. after a pleasent tootle along it i arrived at lake pukaki. there are minerals suspended in the water from th...

Hey, Simmons writing seen as im having a day off im knackered. right now i am 230k into the journey but i'l start from the day 1. i set of from Christchurch at about 11am after faffing about with postage of my didge and saying tarra to our now ex roomies Ad and Mike. About 5 mins into the journey i was lost. there streets are not in reality what they appear to be on the map but i sorted my self out and was off after a few confused mins. The fist day was o...

YO! Simmons here. I'm Still in Christchurch but im leaving 2morro..... no really i am leaving this time (this time being about the 5th time i have left) since liv went me and matt have done.......... no ...... we havnet done anything really. matt has being getting ready top go walking and ive been training for my cycle. my training consisted of sitting from long periods of time doing almost nothing until i made my self ill. matt has done the same. this h...

olivia in wellington! (i dunno how to pu this as the name?? simmons help! hahaha) Hey just to let everyone know i arrived safe and sound. I didnt realised but i was on Quantas so i got a free pie on the flight :). Which by the way was over so fast, by the time i had eaten my piping hot chicken pie (that was the size of a credit card) and one extra because they were going spare, we were ready to land. The sights were amazing. You could see the tops of mountains b...

Simmons' Memoirs on Australia. hey, i got into trouble last night because i took the piss out of austrailia to a group of randoms on the street who turned out to be Auzzies so ive been thinking about what it was really like. herr are my thoughts. 1. they claim they invented the pie (as in meat n potato and steak and kindney and all that) and call it Proper aussie tucker!! argh!!! thats anoying so i ranted about that to most ppl i met there. ...