Another city, another Sky Tower, but this time its the biggest city in NZ- Auckland. The rest of New Zealand seems to share the opinion of Auckland that many in England have of London. Three days is hardly enough to get to know a city but it is pretty nondescript to be honest, we haven't taken any photos other than one of the harbour bridge (which is pretty underwhelming in itself!) I think we left you in Rotorua- I don't really know how anyone could live ther...

Hello! Not long since our last blog, but we thought we would update you on the last few days of our travels. We left Napier on Tuesday morning and a short Magic Bus ride later we arrived in Taupo- a small town next to the biggest lake in New Zealand. It's bloody hot here and we spent most of yesterday reading and having a leisurely lunch next to the lake. We met some friends in the evening and had a BBQ at our hostel-it was afeast with chicken, sausages and bur...

Kia Ora from Napier, North Island, NZ Long time no blog- much has happened ere we last spoke. Since leaving Queenstown we have travelled to Dunedin, which is like Scotland apparently, Lake Tekapo, back to Christchurch, Kaikoura and then by ferry to the North Island from Picton to Wellington. Then on to our present location, Napier. Phew- all this in just about a week and a bit, no wonder we havent written- we have been so busy. Not too busy to upload some exce...

Hello from Queenstown! We left Christchurch last Friday and have had a busy few days making our way around the South Island. Our first journey was on the trans-scenic train from Chirstchurch to Greymouth. The views from the train were fantastic (although I did fall asleep for a bit!). It's very strange seeing snow capped mountains in the distance in the middle of summer. We arrived in Greymouth early afternoon and did some shopping and wandered around the town, ...

A big South Island hello from New Zealand and in particular, scenic Christchurch. Having recovered from New Year we spent our final few days in Sydney, mostly making the most of the hot hot weather. But it wasnt all just relaxing on Bondi or sunning it in Hyde Park, we managed to drag ourselves on a Bondi to Coogee beach walk along the coast (2 hour stroll...phew) with the help of a few of Sarah's friends and on another day took a train to Katoomba from where y...