Today the work began…no more wineries for us for now! Our first job for Chris and Paul was to help clear out their garage and 'pit' behind it. We worked hard all morning, carrying out all sorts of rubbish - old microwaves, a TV, old window frames, metal sheeting, you name it! We also took apart Paul's old shooting range with a mallet - satisfying work! We finished at about 1pm and had some lunch with Chris and their two dogs, Jezabel and Kelly. We felt a bit so...

We were up early today as we had to get the 10am train to Port Noarlunga and our first HelpX experience! HelpX is a website where you find hosts that will put you up and feed you in exchange for four hours of work per day - a great way for us to save money! Our hosts are called Chris and Paul and they live 45 minutes outside of Adelaide City, near the beach at Port Noarlunga. On the train, we text Chris and she told us that Paul would be there to meet us at the ...

When we arrived on Thursday, our taxi driver had told us about the Adelaide Christmas Pageant that was happening this morning. It's a massive event in South Australia, with over 300,000 people lining the streets each year to watch the floats and catch a glimpse of Santa. We headed down to the parade route just before 9:30am and the streets were already crowded - people must have been arriving since the crack of dawn to set up their deckchairs! Lots of kids were g...

We woke up early today, due to the time difference - Adelaide is 2.5 hours behind NZ, an extra half hour behind Sydney - we're so confused about what time it is at home now! We dressed in summer clothes (no more jeans and fleeces!) and headed out into the city. It was quite busy as it was just after 9am, so people were going to work. We stopped at the transport info centre to pick up a few timetables, and then headed to the famous indoor market. The LP said it d...

Time to head to Oz! But we'll definitely be back to New Zealand… After our final morning at the campsite, we drove the short distance to the airport and finally said goodbye to our van (after running on fumes all the way to the airport, fuel light on all the way!). They didn't spot the cracked plate or missing glass (that we broke!) either, so we saved a few quid. We checked the mileage before we gave it back and we travelled 8942km / 5588 miles over the 3 mon...