Hi everybody! No, I haven't fallen off a cliff, (as my mum had assumed due to the lack of communication from her little boy!) I've just been having way too much of a good time to get to an internet cafe, so I will endeavour to tell you about the past few days to fill in the blanks! SUNDAY After a fantastic kangaroo steak experience the previous night, Kim and I took a short tram ride into St Kilda to check out the seaside and the small market that was a 'Sund...

Gday from Australia!! Arrived yesterday night to a really cool hostel a quick walk from the city centre with a very trendy bar. We were also offered our complimentary slice of pizza which happens every night apparently!! We met up with Rosie (my auntie) and went out to popular Lygon Street for dinner. Some catch up conversation was had and we arranged to meet up again on Sunday, when we could stay at their house in the Dandenong Ranges, about an hour out of the c...

So this is my last entry of the New Zealand part of the trip and my, what a couple of weeks it has been!! To top it off in style we went yesterday to Kaikoura, the home of dolphin swimming in New Zealand. I wasn't sure whether it would be worth the money at first, but I decided to book myself on the boat on the basis that it was supposed to be truly amazing. It turned out to be money well spent, as we bumped into a pod of roughly 70 'Dusky' dolphins after a 25 mi...

So... only my second entry since I arrived in New Zealand and we leave for Oz on Friday! Blimey - time flies when your having fun/throwing yourself out of planes and into canyons from silly heights!! Sorry, I'm getting ahead of myself now - I'll pick it up where I left off... The brewery in Greymouth turned out to be a great success - a sausage eating contest was struck up with some Irish travellers at the all-you-can-eat BBQ and, together with a German guy fr...

Hey everyone - sorry for the lack of attention my site has received - it has been non-stop since we arrived in New Zealand as we only have two weeks to do it all!!! We have actually done the North Island already with some skydiving included, and are now in Greymouth, our second stop on the South Island! Also, as I expected, the internet is way more expensive here so I am keeping those purse strings firmly shut as much as possible!! Well, this was just a quick one...