New Zealand keeps on getting better and better, every place we go we see something new and unique that we haven't seen before it is just simply wonderful! Well from the last entry we yet again have done so much.........The weather cleared up for the day in Queenstown so we were able to take the walk up the hill, which if you go or have ever been you will know which hill i mean, the one with the gondola on the side for the lazy people ha ha ha! we walked it anyway it took about an hour or so but the views are so worth it! you get a great view of the surrounding areas as well as Queenstown itself. Up here the 'Luge' is situated. the luge is basically a three wheeled kiddy cart ... read more

Abel Tasman national park really does have everything...............this is how our three days went....... DAY ONE We started off by driving to Marahau, the gateway to the national park. The kind lady at the backpackers had told us that we could get our large backpacks transferred for a fee of $10 per pack to the campsite that we were due to stay at. As the bags weighed somewhere in the region of maybe 10-15kgs each with food tent, every sort of clothes, sleeping bags, camping cooker and well i am sure you can imagine, we decided that as we were to walk 22kms today that it would be a good idea to do that. The sun was shining which has been quite rare since we have been here! We sorted out the bags and off we ... read more

Bula to you all! Bula is the Fijian word for just about everything, it is hello a dance and they just randomly say it for the fun of it! We arrived in Fiji quite late and were greeted by a band of men in skirts with flowers in there hair it was great. We were soon ushered into an office with lots of options thrown at us. We had an idea of what islands we wanted to go to but were not sure how to get there and about the accommodation that was available, as we have not got a book on Fiji.....which was a bit of a mistake! We ended up with a boat ticket one way to the Yasawa islands. The Yasawas are known to be the nicest islands and are the furthest away. ... read more

We are currently in Brisbane, and we got here in the following way..........We hired ‘Bender’ who was a fab wicked van! Wicked vans are the cheapest vans that you can hire here they come complete with everything you need, sleeping blankets, pillows, camping stove, cooking utensils and various other things that are needed on the road. They also come complete with a spray paint job that could be anything from Scooby doo’s mystery machine to men’s bodies on the side, we had Bender from futurama so have had all the kids looking at us and laughing! We were quite lucky really it could have been allot worse! We started our 8 day journey from Cairns to Brisbane which is roughly 1500kms on the 1st of August and went for a drive up to Port Douglas which ... read more

After leaving Gili Meno we headed to Senarau ready to meet one of Morris' friends that runs climbs up Rinjani. We planned to do a 3day 2 night trek up to the summit which is just under 4ooom high! Once we arrived into Senarau calling in at a chemist nurse place to get some antibiotics for an infected mozzie bite for Ste's leg........we were greeted by Kario Morris's friend, a small guy with loads of Afro hair!!!! We put our bags into a very dirty room we headed up to the organisers restaurant. The restaurant overlooked Mount Rinjani, it didn't seem to look as high as it did from Gili Meno as we were already 900m high in the small town. We got a drink and then sat down to talk about prices and tours. We ... read more