Hi hi! Sorry I haven't written for so long, I am still alive but the website hasn't been letting me log on for ages so i thought I'd give it a bit of "chill out" time... Auckland is still good, though I don't know how much more there is to do around here!! On Tuesday I had to go to the Inland Revenue office in Takapuna to sort out my tax code before I start to work, because it's my 1st time working in NZ I don't have to pay tax so woo! Takapuna is abo...

Hey hey! Today I had a bit of a trek around Auckland, it's so much smaller than it looks on a map! I walked over to the Auckland Museum for the morning and part of the afternoon which was interesting, there's a massive nature park / reserve thing called "The Domain" which is beautiful, pretty similar to the Botanical Gardens in Sydney but a lot greener and lusher... Then i crossed the city and went to Victoria Park Market, wasn't really what I was expe...

Hey everybody! Well I'm finally here in NZ, my flight at Sydney was delayed so I have spent a whole day travelling what should have been about a 5 hour trip... I have baggage so that is good and the hostel seems nice but I haven't seen many of the people from my room yet... Last night in Coogee was very fun, we went on a cruise around Darling Harbour / Circular Quay, all you can eat and all you can drink and got dressed up as the theme was 'school disco'. Very ...

Hello! Just sat in Cairns airport waiting for the flight back to Sydney, I've had to hang around for 4 hours because the bus times were not interlocking with the flight time!! The Barrier Reef was amazing, we had the best weather they've had for a good couple of weeks, luckily the storms they were having seemed to have died down and we had bright sunshine all day, it was awesome! got to do my 1st scuba dive and what a place to do it! It took quite a while for m...

Aloha! Am currently staying at Njoy! backpackers in Cairns, it's not as bad as i thought it was last night!! There are more people in my room now but it's still quite a mature crowd so people tend to keep themselves to themselves unlike Surfside in Coogee.. I met a german guy on the plane from Sydney so i'm spending most my time with him, today we met a load of essex guys and gals who were very funny, and there are lots of europeans and Canadians... The hostel u...