We left Taupo on Tuesday and drove up to Taurunga, we spent the next day here walking around the town and then drove onto Waihi. here there is a large working mine which we found about and the went to Karangahake Gorge where we slept for the night. We woke up this morning and went for an hours walk around the old mining area and through a very long tunnel. We have arrived in Whangamata today and spent the day with Joy and George. We have been for a dr...

We have arrived in Taupo today. We spent the last two days in Napier the art deco town. We enjoyed walking round the looking at the buildings and relaxing with hot chocolate in the cafes. We have been to Craters on the Moon today a geothermal area. It was really good and we spent along time walking round watching and listening to all the steam being released through holes in the ground. We also went to Huka falls which were amazing, the water was so ...

We spent three hours on the ferry and arrived in Wellington last night. We have spent today in the city. We visited Te Papa museam for a few hours, it was a really good museam with so much information about New Zealand. We have been for a ride on the cable car ( in the picture ) and walked through the Botanical Gardens. We have tried to upload photos a few times recently but the computers are rubbish, we have about 1500 to show you all but im afra...

We have enjoyed exploring the Marlborough Sounds the last few days. We went to a coulpe of lovely little bays called Duncan Bay and Penzance. We camped in the middle of nowhere here and the was no one around and I managed to freak us both out but we made it through the night alive. We travelled down to Blenhiam and spent a day there and decided to bring our ferry crossing forward a day. We went for a drive around Queen Charlotte Sound and then went ...

We left Greymouth and continued up the west coast. We went to Pancake rocks and Blowholes which were amazing, luckily we arrived at high tide and all the blowholes were going. There was one which looked like a smoke, one that made a very load noise and another which shot water really high into the air. Making a circle rainbow. We then went to Cape Foulwind, where Steve was at home. We went for a walk and watched the seal colony on the rocks. Leaving h...