Back in Auckland! Hello all! Firstly, thank you to everyone who has emailed me and left messages on my Message Board, I really appreciate it (especially all you guys at UWIC, Im thinking of you all working hard in the back office whilst I sun it up in New Zealand! By the way Don, Ive been in touch with Tanya and am going to stay with her for a night in a few weeks time!). Well what have we been up to over the past few days, what haven't we been up to! We le...

Kiora from the Bay of Islands!We have had a fantastic time since leaving Auckland. We picked up our Campervan (initially named Tenipher after a Mauri sea dragon but now called Kiora, as its easier to remember!). The van is great fun. We drove around Auckland and up to Millionaires Mile, some fantastic houses up there! We then drove out of Auckland and over the harbour bridge and headed North. The plan was to get to the Bay of Islands that day but we got a little ...

Hello and Good Morning from what is a very hot and sunny Auckland! Im sitting in an internet cafe while Sez and Salt catch up on some more sleep, note that it is 7am here!We arrived safely yesterday morning and jumped into the first taxi into town to find a hostel for the night, dropped our bags and headed straight to the heart of Auckland. What a beautiful place! The harbour is out of this world! We booked a boat ride around the harbour (see pics) which was a gr...