Hello, sorry about the long delay in blog update, we have been very busy as you will see... We had our flight to christchurch which was uneventful, apart from the fact that we were delayed by about an hour so the cabin crew gave us 1 complimentary beer. hooray. They weren't happy when we asked for our second. We headed for our booked hostel which was a short way out of christchurch in New Brighton...our brighton is better. The next day we made our way to the cen...

Greetings from New Zealand, hooray. Please forgive any spelling or grammar mistakes in this blog entry for I am very hungover. After our over long adventures in the other parts of Australia we were left with only 2 nights in Brisbane, and in fact, that was enough. We arrived after a short bus ride from Surfer's Paradise and killed some time until we could check into our hostel. The hostel was huge, it had 20-30 rooms on each of its 5 floors. The building was ve...

Greetings from Brisbane... I will start where we left off last time, which is Bondi Beach near Sydney. After our first dismal night in Sydney centre we got a bus to Bondi Beach. We stayed in a hostel that had a brilliant view over the beach. We had a few hours on the beach and rented some body boards, but even though it was sunny, it was fairly chilly. We usually spent evenings having jugs of beer at our hostel and choosing one of their $6 meals. We also found a...

Hello. This is an update from the previous entry in which I will elaborate on some of the things Jamie mentioned (briefly). Neighbours night in Melbourne was one of the highlights of the trip so far. We arrived at the Elephant and Wheelbarrow, an apparent 'Olde English Pub' giddy with excitement. After a brief jug of beer we lined up to get into the 'Neighbours Area'. Of course we were near the front of the queue, and so managed to sit close to the front. Once ...

Hello all, We have finally seen some sun in Australia, which is fortunate really because we're staying on the famous Bondi Beach, which would be pretty unspectacular in the rain. This has got to be a quick update (partly because my internet time is running out and partly because i want to catch some rays) so i'll get started. Since the las blog entry we have had a ball. We rented out a van, which is one of the best things we have done on our travels so far. We ...