Kia Ora! This week I have mostly not been writing my blog! I have received a telling off from Laura...thanks mate. Unfortunately it wont let me put pictures on any more either so..... I am afraid you will have to try and imagine. I left Rotorua what seems like ages ago to head South to Taupo a town on a huge lake in the centre of the North Island. I met Johnny, Freddy and Jo nearly as soon as I arrived and the following day we went for a walk to the amazing Huka...

So after a week in Raglan I was sad to leave my new friends but I have so much to see. Sponge was our driver and first stop were the caves at Waitomo to see the glow worms. I decided to take the sedate route (there is always an extreme option here) and it occured to me that glow worms look alot like LED lights....could this be a scam?? After leaving the caves we were taken to The Shearing Shed for a demonstration on how to shear and angora rabbit (always handy to...

I have booked myself on to the Stray Bus to tour the North and the South Islands and I wait patiently for the the fancy orange bus I have seen in all the literature. Unfortunatley they seem to have run out of the fancy orange buses and we get a mini bus that has frankly seen better days with a trailer behind for the luggage! At first I am disappointed and then I realise it will help us to bond if it breaks down. Our first stop in Hahei on the Coromandel which we ...

This week I have been mostly ......COLD!!! So having arrived in New Zealand I have already invested in some warmer clothes, the cold is a little bit of a shock to be honest with you! I booked in to a hostel for the first night but the guy in my room had a habit of shouting in his sleep so I booked out again the next morning! Julie and I decided that whilst in New Zealand we should see a real live rugby match so I went and bought tickets for Auckland v's Tasman. ...