We have been spending our time sat in a car market trying with great difficulty to sell our van. We finally managed to sell it this morning. We have spent the day spending the money on tours in Fiji. Only two days in New Zealand and we are off to sunny Fiji to get a tan and lie on the beach all day.

We have spent the last week in Northland. It was really nice there except for the persistant rain. We decided not to go on a boat cruise on the Bay of Islands as the weather wasnt very nice and we didnt fancy being stuck on a boat. We drove up to Cape Reinga on the road and went to the lighthouse and sand tabogganing on the giant sand dunes, that was fun. We decided to drive back down the beach - 90 kms long. Our van was covered in sand and smelt like a ...