Hey everyone Today we bought coats! With the extreme shifts in weather that New Zealand provides on a day-to-day basis, we decided it would be wise to buy coats. We were told that by the time we get down to Queenstown it would be snowing, so we thought we should invest in some warmer clothing sooner rather than later. So off we went, walking down the major high street in Auckland, Queen Street, trying to find some coats. It was a pretty unexciting day and aft...

Hey everyone Today was Anzac day! Today we did probably the most appropriate thing one can do on Anzac day and went to the War Memorial Museum. It had special events on throughout the day too (we didn't make it in time for the 6am dawn service...) so we got ourselves ready for a big day out. The museum is situated at the top of a hill in the Domain, and is a huge, impressive looking building. We went straight to the top floor to see what event was currently on...

Hey everyone Today we explored Auckland some more. We had another day of taking things easy and once we eventually got up and out, had a nice wander around the big shopping centre. There was a huge Borders bookshop, and, as with every large bookstore we walk past, Alex had to run in and have a look in the business section to see if they stocked a certain book by a certain author - unfortunately, no luck today. We sat in Albert Park admiring a statue of Queen V...

Hey everyone Today we explored Auckland! We woke up really late as we were so tired from the flights the day before, and after 12 hours of sleep and a lazy morning, eventually ventured out to have a walk around Auckland. It seemed like a nice place, though we were still getting used to wearing hoodies and socks and shoes. We didn't get up to anything very exciting, and once we got to the harbour headed back through Parnell, the posh end of town, so we could go ...

Hey everyone Today we went to New Zealand! We woke up in the middle of the night at 3am, when we could still hear the drunks singing outside our window. It was no surprise that we hadn't got as much sleep as we wanted, but we grabbed our packed bags, had a bite to eat, left the hostel and got a taxi to the airport. Cairns airport is pretty small, but there was still a queue for the painfully early 5:30am flight to Brisbane. It didn't take long to check in or g...