Hey blog fans it's the G-man again, so its time to spot those spelling mistakes again! This blog is coming to you from the Bay of Islands, which is an area of New Zealand north of Auckland. As it is so far north they say it is a winterless part of the country with warm (ish) weather all year round and hence is where a lot of the North Islanders go for holidays. The area is made up of 140 Islands and has a strong Maori influence. There we go there's some f...

Hmmm, where am I writing about today... ah yeh the Bay of Plenty. Well it's kind of all around that area, have lumped a few places in together otherwise we would have like a billion entries... we've been proper busy you know. On the way to Mount Maunganui we passed through the kiwi region, as in millions of kiwi orchards. The smell all round the area is really sweet which made a nice change from the egg bonanza in Rotorua. Along the highway we noticed a m...

Right next blog up and how do I go about describing Rototua, hmmmm??? Well first things first it stinks!!! The whole place is built around hundereds of thermal springs which produce hot mud and water. However not only does water pour out of the ground but along with it is the smell of sulphur and we all know what that smells like, rotten eggs!!! Some places in the town aren't too bad but every now and then you walk round the corner and are hit slap bang round...

Lake Taupo, the biggest lake in NZ don't u know. It was a beautiful day when we arrived there and looking out over the water was like looking out to sea, stretching out for miles.We read about all the different things to do in the area, as you do when you get to a new place, and one of the main highlights was Huka Falls which are like the most powerful and most photographed waterfalls in NZ apparently. Now this was on the list of free things to do, along with...

So here we are on the North Island after a eventful 3 weeks on the South Island. The first point of call was Wellington after a 3 hour ferry crossing. We spent a couple of days in Wellington but unfortunately the weather wasn't great so we didn't get up to much. Our impression of Wellington wasn't great as it seemed very industrial and worlds apart from the stunning environment of the south. One plus point though was that Wellington was full of bars a...