Okay, so our next stop after Melbourne was Uluru (or Ayers Rock as we used to call it) and Alice Springs, for a 2 night / 3 day safari/camping trip. Yes, that's right, I camped in the outback... and survived! A proud moment for me ;-) So we got up early on Friday to fly to Uluru where we landed at around 10.30am, and it was already hothothot - think the temperature reached around 41 degrees the day we got there, I've honestly never known anything like it. I'v...

Just taking some time out in Sydney to write my update of the start of our trip part 2 - Australia! We flew into Melbourne last Wednesday and spent our first night at Reena's aunt's house. Her uncle picked us up and on the way back took us via Pin Oak crescent aka RAMSAY STREET - I was so excited just to be in Australia, I tell you this almost killed me! The evening was relaxed, it was was really nice to be in a house again, and we had a lovely homecooked dinn...

Well it's our last day in New Zealand... sobsob! Can't believe how quickly it's gone. We've spend the last few days in Christchurch, apparently New Zealand's most "English" city - the weather certainly has been! Last Friday we took a bus up to Kaikoura for 2 nights. Kaikoura is a place known for it's marine wildlife because just offshore there's a big underwater canyon which makes the water really nutrient rich (i was listening on the bus!), so the...

Hello! Well it's been nearly a week since I wrote, and we've spent this time in Queenstown. It's been quite relaxed - nice to spend more than 2 nights in one place for the first time of the trip! This part has felt a lot like a girly holiday (except without the wardrobe). On our first day here a group of us from our bus took the gondola up Bob's peak (we chickened out of the "hour's uphill slog") and went luging at the top. For those who don't know...

Kia Ora! Firstly you may notice a distinct lack of photos, this is due to a combination of laziness and my camera dying at the most inopportune moments. But I have managed to get some good shots of the amazing views we've seen the last few days and I'll fill in the gaps with other people's photos once they've put them online. Also I'm not going to write about every stop we do (we do a lot!) just the ones that are most interesting! We left Taupo a week ago yeste...