good'ay all we now in Australia and the weather is quality , we arrived in Melbourne Sat after leaving New Zealand behind, we had a quality time over there with bungy (thanks buddy) and got some amazing memories of it all, im looking at going back to do the south island when iv got the bucks ofcourse, so we arrived in Melbourne where ells aunt marie was there to take us to her place in Traralgon with is south about 2 hrs from the airport, we didint get to see...

yes iv eventually done it !!!!!. Today i have had my 1st skydive from 12.000 feet, ok we booked it yesterday after me n a few lads fancied giving it a go and with the weather looking loads better, we rang Taupo skydive and got the green light to do it 2pm the following day, so we set off from Rotorua south about 80 km and the weather was amazing not a cloud in sight (perfecto), we arrived at our hostel in Taupo and rang the skydive team who would come and colle...

hiya guys another quick journal this time from the hot springs and geysers at Rotorua, we travelled after our abseils east about 2 hours, i was looking forward to seeing these natural geysers shooting off and the boiling holes etc, so as our guide book recommende we travelled to Wai-o-tapu to see the thermal wonderland and the big geyser in action, it erupts about 10.15 everyday and after arriving along with hundreads more , we gathered around this mini volcano (...

good day all weve moved on again this time to the caves at Waitomo, a 6 hour drive south from Whangarei, we arrived about 10 pm after a long drive so have an early 1, the next day we didnt know what caves to explore as their is hundreads with all levels of adrenalin levels and prices (we payed about $75 each which is 30 quid). We decided to go with a black water raft which is sitting yourself in a big rubber ring connected to whoever possible then floating t...

Kia ora tatlu katau katoa, visited 1 of the most famous parts of Aotearoa (New Zealand) today, its where in 1840 the treaty was signed with the Maouri and british to keep peach and order between the native people and the settlers, we booked a sound & light show which takes you through the history of New Zealand and how europeans managed to settle here, it started about 8 pm where about 100 peops all gathered around the famous building in Waitangi, there we wh...