Hello everyone, Thanks for all your messages. Sarah - we have just got ourselves sorted as far as the camper van is concerned and although it's a bit cosy we are really enjoying it. How you managed with four kids I don't know! Rachel - glad everything is going o.k. Jessie - your dad does smile sometimes! Dont know the relevance of the colours but no doubt you will tell us when we get home. Weather has been wonderful today and we have just come off a boat t...

Hello Everyone Here we are in Auckland. Arrived yesterday and just had a look at the City Centre, plus calling in at a couple of pubs for drinks and a meal. Today we are off on a bus tour of the sights. Yesterday the weather was rainy and windy, but today it's much better. Tomorrow we pick up the camper van and travel onwards to the Bay of Islands, so we will contact you all again when we settle. It's Sir Edmund Hillary's funeral today - a big event over he...

Hi everyone. Here's an update of what we have done so far. Sorry, but we cannot upload any photographs at the moment at this cafe. Arrived safely on 17/1 at Hotel South Pacific. Went out for a meal at 10pm as our flight was delayed by 1.1/2 hours. 18/1 up with the sparrows and went on an orientation tour visiting the boat people on a Sampan driven by Pop Eye's Chinese granny, then on to a jewellery factory which was a tourist trap, of course, then to Stanley...

Thanks guys for your messages, which we received safely. We are all packed and ready to go. The taxi is picking us up at 3pm to take us to Heathrow. Cheers all! The Kiwi Quartet