I arrived in Rotorua yesterday, and have seen the lake that looks like this picture. Rotorua is a bit of a geothermal hotspot and the whole town smells like rotten eggs but it's not that bad. At the weekend I was in the Bay of Islands and I visited the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, where the Maoris and the British signed a treaty and New Zealand became it's own country, or something like that. I also went on a trip up to the top of the country - to Cape Reinga - to se...

I WENT DIVING TODAY :) I went out to the Poor Knights Islands, off the coast of Tutukaka near Whangarei which is one of the top ten dive sites in the world, according to Jacques Cousteau. And he was right. I saw so many different types of fish, and lots of kelp, and it was beautiful. I loved it. It was great to be underwater again, even if it was slightly cooler. The islands are the result of a volcano and there are so many different species of fish and pla...

Well I'm in Sydney airport and there is a "Departed Australia" stamp in my passport - NEW ZEALAND HERE I COME!!! I had a great last day in Melbourne seeing the sites - I found ACDC Lane and Dame Edna Place and Batman Avenue (my friend Clare told me Melbourne was going to be called Batman originally but I'm not sure I believe her...) and we went to the Crown Casino on Bill Bryson's recommendation, and it is MASSIVE. It's blinking ENORMOUS. I played a ...

Well I'm in Sydney airport and there is a "Departed Australia" stamp in my passport - NEW ZEALAND HERE I COME!!! I had a great last day in Melbourne seeing the sites - I found ACDC Lane and Dame Edna Place and Batman Avenue (my friend Clare told me Melbourne was going to be called Batman originally but I'm not sure I believe her...) and we went to the Crown Casino on Bill Bryson's recommendation, and it is MASSIVE. It's blinking ENORMOUS. I played a ...

Well I'm in Sydney airport and there is a "Departed Australia" stamp in my passport - NEW ZEALAND HERE I COME!!! I had a great last day in Melbourne seeing the sites - I found ACDC Lane and Dame Edna Place and Batman Avenue (my friend Clare told me Melbourne was going to be called Batman originally but I'm not sure I believe her...) and we went to the Crown Casino on Bill Bryson's recommendation, and it is MASSIVE. It's blinking ENORMOUS. I played a ...