After 4 days in Whitianga we headed back on the Magic Bus for Rotorua, I know that this bus sounds like one for special people but it really is quite cool. We left early in the morning to reach Waitomo Caves by lunchtime which was a must do and something we were really looking forward to doing. These caves are meant to be mind blowing limestone caves with some awesome rock formations filled with glowworms and a river running through it that you can tube on just l...

We arrived after a fun and action packed day on the Magic bus. Our stop offs were Hot Water Beach and Cathedral Cove. On arrival at Hot water Beach it looks normal but if you take a closer look there are about 200 people in a 20sqft patch with spades, guessing that was where the hot water was hiding.What you had to do was dig a hole about 2ft and then it would start to fill up with water, nice and warm but sometimes schorchio water! So much so that if you get ...

After an exciting flight from Oz, exciting because the food didn't come in a wrapper saying 'Hungry Jacks' or 'Home Brand' and we got free booze that didn't come in a shiny wrapper then in a box! We arrived late at Queen Street Backpackers, our first taster of hostel in howstel world, we decided to ease ourselves in with a 6 bed dorm (3 bunk beds) as opposed to 12 bed! 4 of the beds we occupied by Germans, its fair to say the conversation was stretched at time...