After 5 weeks in New Zealand we have finally left and arrived in Fiji and our last week was certainly very eventful! My last blog finished just before we were due to get the Tranzalpine on Wednesday 8th so I will start this one from then. We were up far too early, again, and drove to the train station in the freezing cold and rain - not a good start! This was probably one of the coldest days we've had since we've been away and as we have both sent all our warm ...

So, the day after Kav's sky dive we headed down towards Wellington to get the ferry across to the South Island and after driving for most of the day we finally reached our caravan park at 6pm which was near the ferry port. We were due to get the ferry at 8.20am and so spend the evening in our cabin which actually resembled a prison cell. I'm not kidding, it was tiny and we had bunk beds and white concrete walls and that's about it. In fact the only thing missing ...

Welcome to another addition of 'Where's Sally'?! Well the moment we arrived in Auckland both of us knew we were going to like it. As the bus slowly made its way down Queen Street it amazed me how much it reminded me of Oxford Street in London! In fact, Auckland (apart from being by a harbour) is like a little London so we felt at home straight away. We arrived on the Friday night and so the first thing we did was look for a bar that was going to be open late en...

Highlights from Australia The Blue Montains - one of the most incredible places on earth and a great place to start seeing Oz Theme Parks - although not the best in the world it was a great break from sightseeing and just fun to let our hair down Australia Zoo - not just a zoo but an education and what a remarkable memorial to Steve Irwin Animals - I've held a Koala (Jaffa), seen wild saltwater crocs, saw an amazing cobra show, embarrassingly found out that D...

Hello to you all from Auckland, New Zealand. We landed yesterday afternoon after a very eventful flight where I had an argument with a French guy (well, family actually!) and managed to get red wine all down my front! Not my proudest moment so I was glad the flight only lasted 2 and a half hours! So now that we are in a new country I think it's time to update you on the last 2 weeks so that my next blog is full of New Zealand stories. I last updated nearly 2 w...