After yesterdays excursions (which ended up very well) today began slowly… Most of us were coming out of hibernation at around 09:15 and gradually rousing ourselves to begin the day.. All except Lis, no she wasn't staying in bed, in fact she had already been out for a 5 mile stroll (power walk) around the town. She had been down into the valley (behind "our garden"), climbed to the top of the "hill" (visible in the distance) to the lookout point and wandere...

Day 7 - Start of Leg 3 Sydney to Auckland Mon 15 - 02 - 16 Today began with an early start - waking at 03:00…… this was because the minibus taking us to Sydney airport was due at 04:15. The plan was to get us to the airport early as check-in would start at 05:45 for an 08:45 flight time. The drive was uneventful but fairly quick and we arrived at the airport finding it empty. Very quickly checked the bags in then went for some breakfast.. We all had...