So my last week in Auckland is over as is my time at the Bridgeway Cinema. There goes my hopes of conquering Hollywood. I made the decision to leave on the basis that I need to be back in Auckland in May to see family and thus now was the best time to leave. After having a great meal out with Nick and Tracey, I embarked on a mammoth weekend of work. On the Saturday I was invited out by two girls from work, Anna and Sara to celebrate St Patricks. After a killer 13...

I arrived in New Zealand excited to be seeing Nick and happy that finally, after several years of waiting, I may actually get chance to reclaim the many tops he has borrowed off me and never returned. New Zealand is country number three on the ‘Big T’ and will be the one in which I spend most time; unless I meet some tango-dancing Argentinean stunner. I stroll through customs and pop my head round the sliding doors of the arrival entrance expecting Ni...

It had been almost twenty years since I had last seen my youngest cousin, and as I waited with trepidation I thought back to stories about how her and her older sister used to argue about who was looking out of who's window when they were in the car.  I didn't have long to think back as pretty soon I was being approached by a woman I was hoping was my cousin. Sure enough, it was Tess and as we exchanged pleasantries, and please excuse the clich&eacut...

After fun in the sun in Surfers Paradise it was time to move on, this time to Murwillumbah, a small town on the Tweed River and the main place where you can access Mount Warning. Before I left Surfers I thought it only fit to go for an early morning dip and then bake myself in the sun. Could life get any better than this? Murwillumbah is a quintessential Australian country town; the facades of the shops are just how you expect them to be in Australi...

After a great time in Bundaberg I carried on my journey south, this time to Hervey Bay and ultimately Fraser Island. The hostel in Hervey Bay was a little way out of town but on a map it didn't look too far and there wasn't a scale. I decided to venture out looking for food and to hit the beach for some sun. Almost two hours later, and having walked only half the length of the beach, I stumbled over something which looked like civilisation and proce...