It’s been another busy few days!  On Monday morning it was raining in Wanaka so we had a look round the shops and had a nice lunch in one of the many cafes there.  The weather is very changeable here, in the afternoon it was a bright sunny day!  So we drove down through Queenstown [...]

We’ve kept on trucking down the west coast and inland slightly to the small town of Wanaka.  Yesterday I was allowed a lie in (till 9am!) and it was nice to have a day at a slower pace.  The weather was really good yesterday, proper shorts and flip flops temperature   From Franz Josef [...]

I met up with Mum and Katie for breakfast yesterday morning, all good.  I think they have had a good time in Singapore on the way over – although I don’t think they enjoyed the Dim Sum too much!  It’s good to see them, although it doesn’t seem long since I last saw them!
We picked [...]

After a brief glimpse of the North Island we flew down to Christchurch in the north of the South Island. Unfortunately its a lot cooler here, a cool 16 degrees – had to wear trousers and a coat for the first time in a while! The city is very nice though – kinda got a [...]

I’m in New Zealand now!  As Stu commented I have the company of ‘our lass’ now so suddenly I’m on rationed internet time!!!  Only joking, we’ve been busy exploring the North Island.  I flew into Auckland on Saturday afternoon where I met up with Carol and we spent the evening catching up over a meal [...]

Time really does fly when your having fun!  Tommorrow I fly to New Zealand ending my 6 week Australia tour – that time really has flown by!  But I’ve done a lot in that time, I’ve visited every one of the six states and most of the major cities.  Australia is a massive country with [...]

I’ve reached Cairns, which ends my 4000km journey from Sydney!  Although  I’ve done it in just under 3 weeks so it doesn’t feel that far, but when you look on the map its about the same as driving from London to Moscow!!!  I fly back to Brisbane tomorrow – in 3 hours, much easier!
The majority [...]

Today I travelled 4 hours north to Townsville from where I took a short ferry ride to Magnetic Island. A very laid back place, theres not much going on here and theres only a couple of hostels.  The hostel I’m in is probably the best I’ve stayed in – right on the beach with a [...]

I got back from a 3 day sailing trip round the Whitsunday Islands today.  It was really cool, the weather was really nice – although this was not favourable for sailing as there wasn’t much wind and the sea was like a millpond!  I sailed on a yacht called ‘Hammer’, which used to be a [...]

I arrived in Airlie Beach today, and this is the first chance I’ve had time to update the blog – I’ve had an excellent and busy few days doing loads of stuff.  Sit back, get a brew, this might be a long one!
I left Brisbane early on Saturday morning to continue my journey north up [...]