Wellington, 2nd - 6th August 2010 We were only planning on spending a couple of nights in Wellington before heading back up the North island but that all changed on the bus when we moved heaven and earth to make the All Black's Tri Nation's game in Christchurch against the Aussies. We ended up spending 4 nights in Wellington and we didn't really find much to do here, so most of our time was spent chillaxing, therefore if you're after an interesting read I'd sto...

Waitomo & Taupo, 1st - 2nd August 2010 Giant rabbits, Black water rafting, Glow worms & Mount Doom. Giant white super fluffy rabbits We were up nice and early to make the journey from Rotorua to Taupo and boarded the coach completely oblivious to what lay ahead. We made a quick stop off at a White German Angora Rabbit Shearing shed (try saying that quickly 10 times in a row). Soooooooo cute - birthday present alert people! hehehe. Apparently they h...

Rotorua, 30th July - 1st August 2010 Hobbits, Maori culture, mud baths & hot pools. The Magic Bus The Magic Bus picked us up from our hostel nice and early at 7.50 and headed off to Rotorua (going back to work is going to kill me!) Now I was expecting the coach to be like a bus service and have a few stops along the way before arriving at the final destination - how wrong I was.This coach is absolutely awesome - you could even say Magic (get it, haha)! T...

Auckland, 25th - 30th July 2010 Well this one isn't going to take very long. We arrived in Auckland early Sunday evening to a cold, dark & raining sky. The warmth of Fiji disappearing in an instant - I suppose I can kiss the tan goodbye then. :( We got the bus to the hostel which dropped us off right outside and the whole way there I could have sworn we were driving through the Medway Towns. America had a lot of similarities to England - I'd say 25% simila...

Fiji, 15- 25th July 2010 Sorry this has taken a while but finally got there.In all honesty this is starting to feel a lot like homework which was of course always put off til Sunday night (not really dad :)), although as I don't have anyone checking it now it's starting to get later and later. But hey - better late than never right, so here goes ... Bula! ('Hello' in Fijian), Wow, wow, wow! There is a saying on this gorgeous Fijian island in the beautiful Sout...