With the end in sight I must relay to you the madness that is four countries in 5 days. But first lets discuss our final day in Fiji.Getting anywhere in Fiji takes time. Usually slow, but mainly very slow. So by tour bus we travel to Denereau marina to catch a most beautiful Schooner to take a trip to a desert island. Schooner island in fact is used exclusively by this tour company to give travellers like us a taste of paradise. It takes about one and a half hour...

This trip of 9 weeks travelling was first thought of over a year ago. In fact pre Christmas 2012 when the words Australia and Cricket were put into the same sentence. ( Enough of that 'C' word, I dont intend to spoil what might be the final blog)During the planning stages Fiji was high on the list of WOW I want to visit places, as its that sort of dream of paradise. Usually things we perceive as perfection turn out far from that. Once we decided it woul...

So here we are on our final 3 nights in N.Z. before we move onwards and upwards to Fiji. We arrive into Auckland on Wednesday afternoon and find our apartment right on the water overlooking the bridge into the city in one direction, the Skytower in the other, the harbour is an amazing place to be and a 2 bedroomed 5th floor corner home with wrap around balconies viewing every corner you could, is pretty damn good. We walk, we wander, we drive (we also get a v...

Here we are at the end of January 2014. Where has the time gone? How have we managed to 'do' South island in 2 weeks? But we have, oh and the memories. This blog doesnt even scratch the surface of the fun weve had or the many places weve seen. Ive read weve travelled over 19,000 km. Peter was aghast at that 'stat' then realised it included FLIGHTS! I did laugh, yes weve shared the driving, thank God we have. There have been some long days at the...

From Punakaiki we had a long drive through mountains, by the sea, up the west coast, but a very long drive. We were told we would have to stop many times due to the fabulous lookouts, views, and anything interesting that might happen along the way. We arrived in a place called Motueka, right up on the north coast, close, we thought to our destination for the next few days. Gosh, how New Zealand throws you a curved ball when you least expect it.We had precisely 55...