Before we arrived in Waitomo town ( which is basically 3 shops) we stopped of at the Angora Bunny Shearing shop. I have honestly never seen anything like it in my life! We went into this tiny shop in the sticks and this old woman got up on her microphone ( even though there were only about 10 of us there and it was the size of a shed) and this huge rabbit was brough out, and then they strapped its legs down in these stirrups stretching it out like on a rotisary (...

Today we headed off to Rotorua. Along the way we went and checked out the gold mine which is this huge quarry which went so deep, but enfortunately we could only peer through the fence and couldn't have a nose round, but i did take a picture of teh monster truck they use to carry out the gold!! We then stopped off for a walk along the river which was stunning, we crossed lots of flimsy ropey bridges which LJ said we had to run across- so it was near impossible to...

Hi Everyone I am so behind with this journal- we have been travelling round on our kiwi bus since we left Auckland and literally haven't stopped, heading from one place to the next until now where we have spent a few days in one place! ITs been soo good, but i have so much to tell you and so little time thanks to the expensive internet over here- but i will try and get going! After we left Paihia and Cape Reinga which is the furthest north we headed sou...

Well we were up and on our bus today by 7.15am to head off to Cape Reinga. Our driver was hilarious, he was called Auto like the bus driver from the simpsons and he was totally mental but brilliant at the same time. He was an honourary Maori and was fascinated about everything to do with the tribes and their culture and traditions. All the way we had an ongoing commentary from him about New Zealand which he was infatuated with and so enthusiastic or we listened t...

Hi Guys well we're currently sat in Paihia, which is tiny!!! We've had a really busy few days and are heading on today but the bus doesn't leave til 4 and this place is minute, so we're trying to take our time about things!! Internet is soooooooo much more expensive than SA, its rubbish!! So we left Auckland on Saturday morning at 7.15am and were picked up by BA BA our tour man who was very funny, the bus was quite full but everyone is really laid back and...