Choice! So I think i got to the end of my stay in Abel Tasman last time, sweet as! It would have been good i think to stay at Abel Tasman for an extra day and do a walk to get a different perspective of the national park...but that gives me a good excuse to come back and do it again! The reason I moved on was because of the stray bus group that i had been travelling with, they were all cool people and everyone had a laugh and got on real well, so rather than st...

Hello everyone, sorry it's been a very long time sice i last left a blog. My schedule has been pretty hectic, and I've had the most amazing time over the last two or so weeks.My first week (starting monday 11th Jan) was going to the places that I'd already been to on the Stray bus. I headed back to Hahei from Auckland on the bus with Metro as our driver (really cool guy), and managed to do some snorkelling at Cathedral Cove and we sat underneath the stars at Hot ...

Hey everyone! Happy new years to you all!!! I hope you all had a great christmas and an even better new years!!! I hear today that there is heavy snow back home...its roasting here. My last few weeks have been very relaxed (apart from new years!) I've done alot of chilling out, a lot of fishing and a lot of drinking (in moderation of course.) Before xmas i went fishing and caught some snapper as well as diving for Paua (a shellfish) we got some mussels and scal...

Thursday 17th December we travelled to Waitomo, the word Waitomo comes from the Māori language wai meaning water and tomo meaning a doline or sinkhole; it can thus be translated to be water passing through a hole. Waitomo is famous for the vast amounts of underground cave systems, which were formed over millions and millions of years through erosion and movement of the earth’s tectonic plates. What is left today are beautiful caves with amazing rock formations...

Thursday 17th December we travelled to Waitomo, the word Waitomo comes from the Māori language wai meaning water and tomo meaning a doline or sinkhole; it can thus be translated to be water passing through a hole. Waitomo is famous for the vast amounts of underground cave systems, which were formed over millions and millions of years through erosion and movement of the earth’s tectonic plates. What is left today are beautiful caves with amazing rock formations...