So the South island begins!!! Spent the first night in Nelson in a place called Fern Lodge whichwas more like a pub/hotel than a hostel. Me Kat n Marisa got a room to oursleves which was good as we make such a mess!!! Did a day tour of Abel Tasman national park which is extremley beautiful however the walk was sold a s a coastal walk which it was not at all so that was a shame- very tiring day, Went bk to the hostel for a Roast dinner with Chocolate pud for des...

So I spent most of the day travelling to arrive in Auckland where Kat was waiting to greet me in the airport!! Bumped into a girl at the airport that knew someone i went to school with and turns out we both went to her birthday party when we were about 15!!! What a small world!! Anyway spent the first day exploring Auckland and if i'm honest- my first impressions of NZ were that it was cold and i didn't like it!!! We chilled for a few days in the evening- goinin...

Right so here is a round up of my last few days in Oz!! After leaving Airlie beach we headed to Magnetic Island where our hostel was right on the beachfront!!! It was so beautiful!! (Think the pictures are already on here) Spent one night in Maggie island before heading to Cairns!! Went out with the people on the Kiwi bus and then had a day to myself while i waited for Kat n Marisa to catch me up!! Went on a Reef cruise which included a free dive- it was so am...

So the trip to Fraser went ahead and it was awesome!! Got to drive a 4x4 with 10 other ppl in it!!! - tad scary!! The 3 days on the island were spent camping on the beach, walking to various gorgeous fresh water lakes, running up and down sand dunes, washing up in the sea!!! (an experience to say the least) and driving down incredibly uncomfy roads!! It was so much fun and we got to the sun rise and the moon rise- yes i did write that correctly- we were sat on ...

So after missing my bus at 6.30 am and legging it down the road to the Oz office I finally made it on the bus on our way to Surf camp. Met 3 girls over breakfast- Charlie, Marisa and Justine andpretty much stuck with them all the way til end of Byron Bay! We stopped off at a Koala hospital which was so cute altho all the Koala's were sleeping!! And we then stopped in Coffs Harbour for lunch which was a very pretty little town. We arrived about 5pm in Surf camp...