Today was an early start, which after a night at the Motor Inn in Tennant Creek, I was only too glad of! Up at 5am, breakfast at 6am, in the coach by 6.30am. It's amazing how easy it is to get up that early when you have something to look forward to. Turns out I don't hate mornings as much as I led people to believe. I'm not even having my afternoon naps either. Too many good times to be had and I paid too much bloody money to spend half the time with my eyes shu...

Day 5 of the Contiki School Trip for Kidults. That is basically what this is - everybody gets told the night before what time we have to be up, what to pack, when to eat, told off for being late, counted onto the bus..... But it's bloody awesome. I think it's because we can regress back into our childhood and let someone else do the hard work while we have a damn good time! This is potentially going to be a long blog - we're half way through a 7.5 hour journey d...

I was woken early this morning by throbbing legs and soon discovered I'd been eaten alive during the night. It was driving me insane but it was nothing that dowsing myself in liquid soap wouldn't fix. I got up after the alarm and sorted my bag out for today. I also unpacked my whole bag and repacked it, it was seriously pissing me off. Whatever possessed me to get this type of bag I'll never know. Suitcase FTW. I'll be so glad when I can get a car in Auckland and...

Today we got up and stuffed ourselves with breakfast. I cant believe a) how early I'm waking/getting up and b) how much I'm eating for breakfast. Jade didn't sleep very well last night coz of the geckos and bugs bless her, she's not very good with those. Apparently they don't really get all that in New Zealand. I was quite shocked though that my insect repellant spray (the 'harmful' one you gave me mum) actually melts the print on carrier bags. I wasn't too impre...

Today we were up bright and early again (not sure what's going on there?!) and after packing our bags we headed down for breakfast. I'm not sure if it was because I was hungry or because it was free, but I managed to polish off a full cooked breakfast and a bowl of cereal. I could have had some fruit too but I ran out of time, gutted. After breakfast we popped into town to find me a hat for our hike tomorrow. I found a cheap cricket type hat and although it make...