Hello!! Right, we left Christchurch today to start our wee journey around NZ hobbit styley. First stop was Kaikoura for the night....not much there really, its a really cute sleepy little town that has lots of seals and dolphins and whale watching ness. The views on the way were amazing...there were snow capped mountains with reindeer hanging about in the field next door - very christmassy therefore very cool!! Kaikoura is on the waterfront with mountains and fi...

Hello! Finally in New Zealand and we were surprised at how uncold it was! Which was a nice surprise! Christchurch is so funny, its like a wee English town....only better!! Sorry but its true!! Its cleaner and sunnier and kinda prettier than most places! It reminded us so much of home though which was good after 3 months away! Accidentally spend one day shopping so naturally we all looked stunning for the beginning of our NZ trip!...Well something like that anyw...

Hello! How are we all?! Right....Brisbane....Commonly referred to as the a******* of Australia (or so Im told!) but actually I quite liked it!! It reminded us quite a lot of London, especially when we walked across the bridge, looked down the river and then walked along South Bank! Curiouser and curiouser! We expected to turn around and see the Oxo building and St. Pauls - was a little bit strange like! We left Noosa after one night cause we were told it would ...

Hullo Well, we swap the city sights of Brisbane for the sights of the ocean & beach in Byron Bay (a familiar theme on the East coast - but hey we're not complaining!). Byron is the sort of place you could stay for weeks just hanging out ...good vibe to this place, very laid-back ... loads of backpackers head there & surfers... good surfing spot so we are told (weather was not so good the first full day we were there - so couldn't really lay o...

Last day ... what a sad event ... well everyone was feeling a little worse for wear in the morning (no surprises there!) and still reeling from the bizaare events of the night before (if your unsure check out day 2!)... so the choice of going to Lake Wabbi was definately off the cards considering it is apparently a 1 hour walk ... no chance on a hangover! So a majority vote decided that it was wisest to pay Lake Mackenzie a visit again before catching the ferry ...