Wow. a whole month in new zealand, and we didnt write a blog at all - kindve sums up just how busy we've been I guess!! It has been one of the best months wev spent travelling so far, aided in this by the hiring of our fabulous Bob Marley adorned campervan!! We picked her up in Auckland, and were soon ( after some stress of constant road diversions just trying to get out the city) zooming along to our first north island destination of Matamata, AKA Hobbiton! We d...

Hi Guys, just a quick update to let everyone know that we have finally made it over the Tasman sea to New Zealand!! We left Sydney on Thursday in a fairly big hurry having finally sold the car - unfortunately so big a hurry we didnt buy return tickets back, which are required before you can be checked into new zealand, apparently!! Cue a sprint around Sydney airport at 7am trying to buy tickets, i kid you not!! However, after that and some minor searches in custo...

Hi Guys, we have finally made it to New Zealand! We left Sydney in a fair hurry on Thursday, having finally sold the car. Unfortunaltely we were in so much of a hurry we didnt buy any return tickets, which are required to prove that we werent going to try and stay in New Zealand forever (apparently), so cue my sprinting around terminal one desperately trying to buy cheap return tickets, not a great start!! We landed in Auckland 3 hrs later with relatively few hic...