Today we decided to get the other housemates out of number 42 and went to Peel Forest before Cabin fever set in. Armed with Bear Grylls aka Sam Sam the Ecolodge Man aka Sam Webster as our guide, we first went to see the Big Tree (see picture) which was a 15 minute walk from the car. After that, we went a little bit further by drive and went to Emily Falls, 45 minutes walk away. Through treacherous terrain including ginormous mountains and raging rivers... okay s...

Hey everybody, blog entry from the youngest cox here! Caught my first plane by myself on sunday. Mum and Dad brought me to the airport for about 7pm Sunday and checked in and had some time to kill before my plane started boarding at 10:15. I ended up going through security with M&D waving me off at about 8:30. I knew pretty much what I was doing, and my gate was really close so I had lots of time to kill and just sat reading my book til I could board. My se...

josh has forced me to write a blog so here goes!!! on monday we (me, chris and josh) drove 5 hours to queenstown. on the first night we went to 'fergburger' and from now on i dont think we could ever have a burger anywhere else coz it was amazing. I had a tropical swine which was reli yummy, chris had a fergburger and josh had a big al (check out the picture it was GINORMOUS!) anyway the next day was may day to bungy at the original commercial bungy site Ka...

I have been in New Zealand for 4 days pretty much now. So good to be back here but it is so cold. Was -2 this morning when I left Christina's,one of my best friends out here. Picked up Rosie and Chris from the airport yesterday, Rosie was very excited to be back here after 8 years, both were abit tired though, which is understandable. Off to Geraldine tomorrow to stay at Nans with Rosie and Chris and do some of the things they want to do.