After our week at taupo we headed straight to the V8 supercars in papatoetoe. Dereks friend sean lives there so we were able to stay in his amazing house at night and be close enought to the race track in the morning. It was a great weekend of stunt men airshows, parades and of course racing. Dereks tent he erected was a bit dodgy but we survived. Sean was a great cook so as usual treated like kings. They also had a friend who was racing so we were able to get in...

The adrenaline starts here DO NOT MISS THIS PLACE. After a realxing week in Auckland and a few days of the bay of Islands we caught the bus south to Taupo and what a place. We were here about a week it was that good. We arrived on Sunday and booked into a cheap hostel before going for a walk along the waikato river where the bungie jump is. We had planned to do the bungie jump here but fiona thinks at 50m its too small and so we are now waiting to the big one ...

After a great opening week in Auckland we headed north to the bay of islands. Margaret has taken a week of work and so the 3 of us headed to the northern tip to see the islands. We spent a day at Waitangi where the maori's tribes signed a peace treaty with the europeans, We seen our first haka and had a really great day. We were based in Paihia and went on a cruise around the islands to see the dolphins and all the different islands and there history. We went thr...

Arrived in New Zealand our 14th Country to the warmest of Welcomes thanks to my New Aunt Maragret. As usual landed on our feet again as we were picked up from the airport and brought to her house which not only has a spa, sky sports and our own lovely cosy bedroom but eye fillet steaks in the fridge. Her son Derek is also a legend as he brews his own alcohol and loves play station 3 (although bit of a girl). We spent the first few days catching up and having a fe...

This is our last stop in Australia and after 4 months we are both very proud of the places we have covered. We have seen every city and major town and been to every territory and what a way to finish with a dive on the great barrier reef. Fiona managed to spot a turtle and we spend a good 10 mins just swimming with him amazing. We had a great time here and the hostel was dirt cheap and included dinner, We had so many dollars left so decided it would be less hassl...