Hi everyone Sorry the last blog was a little rushed as we run out of credit on our internet cards. We were staying on the peninsula and had no way of collecting any more credit anywhere! Again as you may have seen in our pictures...we were very lucky to see the dolphins off of hahei beach. There were in really close and played about in the surf which was really cool...as the world got around the tiny little town, the locals started to build up to see sight! Im...

Hi All Yesterday we arrived at Waitomo, Famous for its glowworm caves and blackwater rafting. We were both split over what to do as Kirst was recovering from being unwell and Lee Wanted to do the blackwater rafting. .... so we split up for the day!! Lee went off to do his blackwater rafting which basically involves climbing through some really small holes in a massive dark cave and floating down a subterrainean river, jumping off of 2 waterfalls and seeing a wh...

Hi Everyone No messages for the last few days as Kirst has been ill so we have been staying in a log cabin on the outskirts of town....she is much better now! Since the last time that we have blogged we have been up to a lot of Maori Culture. We went to Te puia. An original maori experience village which hosts also the famous Pohthu Gyser! See pictures-Don't you think that Kirst did a good job of this photo! I reckon! It was a lovely day out...we even got t...

Hey all ... So today we 1. Saw Volcanic Glass blowers 2. Stopped of at Road side for Random Dip in the Super hot River (Dantes Peak) 3. Threw ourselves off a mountain 4. Chilled out in Natural Mineral pools So an Action packed day really, we left Taupo at 10 this morning and headed to Rotorua (means bad smelling place) in Maouri.... and it does SMELL..... the area is volcanic .... hense the hot springs and that, which means that the strong stench of Sulp...

HI We are currently in Taupo which seems very nice! Yesterday we drove from Wellington to here...which is quite a long way (See Map). It took about 7 hours of driving but again the scenery was WOW! We have both had our first Volcano experience which was cool. We drove past Mount Ruapehu which was very big and covered in snow...which i was suprised about as it is much more mild in the north island. It was a really great sight and is famous for apearing in the ...