This was the bit I'd been waiting for...the South Island, and it certainly didn't disappoint. After a couple of days in the South Island we hiked up the Franz Josef glacier. This was hard work I can tell ya!!! The day itself was rubbish again, bloody rain!! Anyway, we started to walk along the side of the glacier on the actual mountain itself, which is rainforest - so warm and a little humid, and yet to your left you've got this massive bock of ice. Very stra...

Hi guys Well...I'm actually writing this from Byron Bay, so once again falling a little behind on the blog but you know what I'm just having so much fun!! Sydney was great, obviously went to the main attractions. The first was Darling Harbour which was lovely - lots of bars and restaurants, and was just a really nice place to hang out. Went to the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge although didn't do the bridge climp juts went to one of the Pylons and to be fa...

Arrived in Melbourne a week ago. I have been staying with my family in the suburbs of Melbourne whcih was really nice, because after the last month or so it was good to now be in a home environment again. Anyway, my cousins took me out most days to show me around. On the first day I went into the city, had a wander around the CBD area and then got a tram to St Kilda. There was a festival on during the weekend called the Moomba Festival where there was live m...

Hiya Ok, really ned to catch up!! From Waitomo caves we travelled Rotorua which is one of the most thermally active in the North Island. On the way there we stopped off at a sheep show and then onto the zorbing centre. It was a horrible day, cold and wet but two of us decided to give it a go - me and a girl Sam I've met on the tour. We did the water zorb where they fill the zorb with water, you get in and then roll down a big hill - and it was awesome, so mu...

Hi guys Ok, I have been a bit rubbish at keeping this blog up to date but since I've been in New Zealand its been non stop. I got to Auckland last week and have made my way down to Wellington (which is where I am at the minute). Auckland was lovely, spent a good couple of days walking around the city. The first day I went up the Sky Tower and took some amazing pictures of the city. Actually ended up there for a couple of hours purely becasue it was just so cool...