The beginning is sometimes the hardest…. So I left Christchurch on the 15th March after 5 weeks chilling and basically doing nothing very productive. So I am now living in Dunedin, known as "little Scotland" and it is just that…based on Edinburgh, Dunedin has the same street names as Edinburgh, it also has a Robbie Burn's statue in the city centre to worship and the Robbie Burns pub looks like it would be my local…I should feel right at home. So at the...

I know, I know it has been awhile….. So I left you in Perth…well Australia feels like a life time ago. I have been in New Zealand nearly 2 months now and I have spent the majority of my time in Christchurch, so that is where I will start. So I am going to split my blog into 2 sections. First I will tell you all about Christchurch, the city post-earthquake and what I have learned from my short stay in this eerie but rising from the ashes city. Then I wil...

Welcome back! So it doesn’t feel like it’s been 18 months since I was last here in Perth, Australia. Driving down familiar roads and going into my well loved shops and drinking my Boost smoothies...well it doesn’t feel like I have been away. Anyway, I will start at the beginning... So I left my snow covered house with mum and dad on Thursday 24th January with an unfortunate start of 4am. My lovely brother managed to get himself out of bed to say bye to...