Day seven in New Zealand, and after leaving Northland we headed up into the Coromandel Peninsular, which is where many Aucklander's go for their summer holidays. It's also where Captain Cook chilled out in the bay whilst watching Mercury eclipse the sun in the 18th century, hence the name Mercury Bay. We took the scenic route around the coastline, which took longer than we expected. We really had no idea New Zealand was so hilly, though the spaceship ...

Day 6 and we left the Bay of Islands and took the long drive up north to Cape Reigna, the northernmost point of New Zealand, and the point where the Tasman Sea meets the Pacific. It really did feel like the end of the country too, as the weather was awful, and it was so remote there were only about six people in the whole campsite. At the tip of the Cape is a lighthouse and distance signs from loads of major cities around the world, so we did the touristy snaps a...

After a 4 hour drive from Auckland through beautiful NZ countryside, we arrived at Paihia in the Bay Islands. This was a pretty seaside town and was a good base for our cruise around the Bay islands. It was all very scenic, it seemed like most of the islands were surrounded by clear blue waters. We also got to see the famous hole in the rock just off Cape Brett, which had been etched by wind and wave creating the hole which allows boats to skillfully navigate the...

After a 12 hour flight we landed in NZ on the 3rd Nov at 4am. After all the crappy food and frequent use of Spanglish we felt like kissing the ground. People speak English great !!! Our first stop was Auckland, the largest city in NZ. It was a really nice city, has a lovely harbour and the famous Sky Tower in the centre giving magnificent views of the whole of Auckland. Whilst in Auckland we took in a few sites, the first being the Auckland Museum which had seve...