Hi Everyone, After leaving Rotorua we headed back to Taupo again but this time it was purely to go to the Tongario National Park. So the next morning we found ourselves up very very early catching a bus to the park at 5.40 am so we could complete the Tongario Crossing which is supposed to be one of NZ best one day walks. The crossing is a 18km walk through volcanic craters, climbing up ridges, passing blue lakes and finally finishing up walking through forest. ...

Hi Everyone,Hows it going? After leaving the volcanic island we headed to Rotorua, another volcanic/ geothermal active place so again as soon as we got near the place we could smell it before we saw it, rotten eggs (or more closely Matts farts) sprang to mind. After only for some random reason the day before that we were talking about mazes, the first thing we saw was a maze so obviously we had to have a go at that. Great fun, felt like a kid again. On the theme ...

Hi Everyone, We are so happy, we have finally finished work. Yeah!!! No more kiwis dont know if we will ever be able to eat them again. Its great no more early starts and our hands may start to feel normal again. Do not like having workers hands. We are now back on the road in Bob. First stop was Whakatane, only about 90km from Te Puke. Nice place backed by mountains with a beautiful harbour but the only reason we went there was to visit White Island which we b...

Hi everyone, Hope you all good. We are still working in the kiwi orchard so nothing exciting to report apart from the Big Day Out. It was a fab day it started at 11 and had 5 stages, saw loads of bands. Kasabian were the best though, they were on a samller stage and we managed to get right to the front were the atmosphere was great. Streets. Killers and Muse were also fab. Jet were a bit disappointing as sounded quiet but we think that may have been because we ...

Hi Everyone,Hope you are all ok. I am sure you will all be pleased to hear that we have had to get a JOB! Argh!!! We are currently working in a kiwi orchard in a small town in the Bay of Plenty on the north island. We have been working for just over a week now. It is 10 hours a day (7.30 -6.00), 7 days a week, for about 3.50 an hour. We are just fruit thinning and pruning which to us means take off a few kiwis and start lopping off random branches. Their kiwi out...