02/02/2010Having joined the Kiwi Experience bus at Christchurch we made our way north to Kaikoura driving pretty much the whole way in one go, stopping only for a short toilet break. We arrived in Kaikoura at around 11:30am and was booked into do a whale watching trip at 12:45 so rushed to the hostel (Top Spot) and managed to get upgraded to a double room ensuite for free as the hostel was full, which was sweet. The hostel was ok, pretty simple and small, but hom...

24/01/2010Three and a half hours after leaving Australia we landed in Christchurch, New Zealand and the next leg of our adventure. Greeted at immigration by strict signs saying about bringing in food and other objects Steph began to worry about the boomarang and food we had in our bags. Luckily, having declared them and our bags scanned we sailed through and jumped on the number 10 bus to the city centre. As it was so quiet due to it being midnight the bus driver...

20/01/2010Our final Greyhound bus journey was a long one. 12 hours overnight from Sydney to Melbourne. Arriving at the Southern Cross station tired and smelly we were happy to find out that our hostel was located just around the corner.However, due to it being 8 in the morning we were unable to check-in until 11. So we put our bags in storage, freshened up in the bathrooms and moade ourselves some breakfast. Speaking to a guy in the kitchen he told us about the t...

15/01/10The bus ride from Byron to Sydney was a long one - 14 hours. It was also a busy one with both of us having to sit apart for the first half of it due to the coach being full. Still, glad to have saved money on a nights accommodation and do the journey overnight we pulled into Central Station at about 10:30am.After waiting a while we managed to get a local bus to Kings Cross to our hostel (d'lux) not quite what it says on the tin, but cheap and we were glad...

11/01/10We were excited to have arrived in Byron because we knew that a lot of the people we'd met in Oz would be here at the same time, (Ed, Coen, Kev and Birdie) so we were planning to meet up with them. We were so glad we managed to book somewhere to stay because when we arrived all the hostels had no availability. Our hostel was in a fairly central location so we dumped our bags and headed to woolworths to get some food shopping. Our hostel did free dinner as...