I decided to get up early and use the dolphin trip voucher. Hannah decied to pass as she was still feeling sea sick! It was a really horrible day....rainy, windy and cold. We did see some more dolphins but again they weren't that interested. They also had babies with them. We got a quick look at them and then they disappeared. We spent 3 hours then looking for more with no luck :( The waves were great again so i di dhave a lot of fun at the front of the bo...

We relaxed in the morning and had a look around the shops in Paihia. Got Jack and Daisy's xmas pressies from a gorgoeus little shop. In the sfternoon we went of the Bay of islands boat trip to potentially see donplins and see the hole in the rock. Unfortunately the dolphins we did see were not interested in us so we had to leave them alone and we didnt find the other pods. On the way to the hole in the rock, the waves got up and ended up being about 2m high w...

Cape Reinga and 90 Mile Beach trip Caught the bus at 8am and started our journey tp the most northern part of new Zealand - Cape Reinga. Our transport was a 4wheel lorry customised into a luxury coach! We stopped off at a few look our points to take in some amazing scenery...you could see for miles!!!! We then stopped at Doubtless Bay for some breakfast and lunch supplies. Whlst on rounte the driver explained about where we were all the time, giving us the h...

Trip to Bay of Islands We caught the bus at 7.40am and were greeted by our tour guide Nance. Such a fun and crazy lady!!!! She made everyone interact with eachother straight away to get rid of any nerves! She talked all about Auckland and where we were going on our trip, didn't realise that Auckland was twice the size of London as there is a massive urban spread, whilst the city is pretty small. Everyone seemed to really hate Auckland...even the people who liv...