Well we are about a week into our campervan experience and still loving it! The best thing is the feeling of absolute freedom you get...no bus timetables or schedules to stick to. After touring around the Northlands we headed to the Coromandel Peninsula, just east of Auckland, with our first stop being the town of Thames. Although we didnt actually stop here for too long it seemed like a cool little place. We headed on northwards to the township of Coromande...

Campervan is wicked, its small, compact but very cosy! We have a bed, a little gas stove, an esky and a 20 litre water bottle but not much else! No mod cons like some of the other campervans so its as it should be. Our campervan is called Bilbo...! Quite appropriate don't you think?? Our first stop Bay of Islands..a beautiful place but very touristy. We sailed around the islands here and saw dolphins and penguins in the wild! The highlight was a baby dolphin show...

Well guys we made it! This is in our hearts of hearts where we both really wanted to come! We both had a real thing about NZ! When we arrived the weather was errrr abit different too what we were used too. Cloud, Wind, Rain and even the odd roll of thunder and flash of lightening. To be honest our first few days here were abit of a blur and because of the consumption of Alcohol either.I think was because we didnt really do much or see anything. We were...

A big Bula from the fantastic Fiji. Guys if you ever get the chance - come to Fiji! It is without doubt -PARADISE! We dont want too leave. The people here are so friendly - not fake friendly (think american) but genuinly interested in you and your experience in Fiji. The figians go out of their way to make you fell welcome and make sure you are having a good time. We boared the plane in Brisbane, feeling alittle sad from the previous days goodbyes to ...

Here we met up with my family for a week and stayed in alovely mansion just north of the city. Seeing my mum etc again was amazing but the week went so fast - too fast! You never realise how much you miss people until you see them again or when they are gone again. Anyways we had a fab week - we went to Steve Irwins zoo, where me and Pete held a koala...aaah. Although we didnt see the man himself we were impressed to see his little boy playing amongst the k...