It’s been a while since we last did a blog. We haven’t got much to write about, however we though we would show you some of the eyesores around Wellington… We’re still working hard, saving the pennies for our next big adventures…Julia is still working as a nanny, enjoying the playgrounds and beaches during the weeks, and exploring Wellington at the weekends. Dan on the other hand has become a sales super star with Telecom and is earning heaps of commission. He joins Julia and the boys on his days off for picnics and walks around the clifftops. Other news f [View Full Entry]

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The weeks coming up to our birthdays, we debated what to do...as it had been a while since we last had a break (almost 2 weeks!), and we felt like we should get on the road again and make the most of this beautiful country. The destination this time: Taupo. On Sunday morning we packed (Julia saw a three day trip worthy of a large suitcase) and headed off on the 5-hour trek up north, to New Zealand’s biggest lake. Not far in to the journey we stopped off at a beach on the Kapiti coast for a little walk. It [View Full Entry]

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We moved into our new house and everything has been sweet as (bro)...its nice to have a roof over our heads and central heating at last (although double glazing hasn't quite reached NZ yet). Dan has been offered a permanent/rest-of-the-year job at Telecom, providing we stay until Christmas - so change of plan again! Joey (the campervan) has been getting on a bit and struggles with hilly Wellington, so we decided to buy a car for day-to day use. It's a lovely Toyota Corona, called Norman. The hard grind of day-to-day work had begun to take it's toll on us, so [View Full Entry]

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It's been a while since we last did a blog, so thought we'd update you on what we've been up to... We arrived in Wellington very very poor, and jobless. After a week of job hunting we stumbled across a job in a vineyard in Flat Point, 2 hours drive from Wellington. We headed up there, and along the unsealed roads to a farm in the middle of nowhere. We lived in a batch by the sea, with just some mice and some Brazillians for company, and had an awesome time! The work wasn't too hard - although the days were [View Full Entry]

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Our final stretch began with Queenstown, which is known as the adrenalin capital of the world - so it doesn't take a genius to figure out what type of thing we were going to be doing there. One of the main attractions was the CANYON SWING. This basically a swing into a canyon. It starts off with a 60m freefall followed by a 200m arc that happens as soon as the swing kicks into action (Thankfully it did). That was really fun although only lasts a few seconds really, the best bit being the fact that the staff are the sons [View Full Entry]

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So back to Christchurch for a few days, and the start of another road trip, this one being our longest to date. As we had rushed off last time, we decided to spend a little more time seeing the sights around Christchurch before hitting the road. We began by going punting, which was nice and relaxing, and pretty cheap. We had a punter from the UK guiding us, and Julia got to drive for a bit, which was slightly scary. We found an indoor crazy golf centre which was very fun...it had lots of crazy courses - exactly like it said [View Full Entry]

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So we arrive in the land of Kaikoura, our intention to find work for a month in this tourist town. We begin by going to a hostel called Dusky Lodge, where we can work in exchange for our accomodation. We initially sign up for a weeks work, and go out job hunting later that day. It rapidly becomes apparent that in order to get some sort of retail or catering job you need to stay for at least 3 months, and as we only plan on staying in the area for one month, we are unsuccessful. So along with been assured [View Full Entry]

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Since our last publication there have been many developments in our adventure. First of all we had to get up extremely early for our morning flight to Christchurch. Checking in at the airport was extremely easy and at no point did we have to show any form of identification. The plane journey itself consisted of a cult gathering, free wine gums and Julia sleeping and dribbling most of the way. Anyway, we checked into a hostel that I think was run by the Russian maffia, as the bloke in charge had a vocabularry consisting of about 27 words. While in Christchurch [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Auckland and were met by Kiran...the most over enthusiastic Kiwi I think we will ever meet! Everything was 'sweet as' and everyone was a 'dude'. Was funny for a short bus ride only. Our first accommodation was in BASE, in central Auckland - a 10 floor party hostel. We went to bed at 9 cuz of jet lag! The first few days were action packed. We had our orientation...setting up bank accounts, tax numbers and stuff. But more excitingly, we went on a ferry to Rangitoto Island, which was only formed 600 years ago from a volcanic eruption, [View Full Entry]

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Day 1: Life on the road began when we got to Hong Kong, and met our snazzy little Cantonese lady, Kenniess. She had a wonky fringe, silly jokes, and a warming personality. She took us to the big circular building, which was to be our hotel (South Pacific Hotel) for our stay. We then fell asleep for the day, beginning our jet lag for the week. That evening we rode on a skinny tram like the Knight Bus from Harry Potter around town. Day 2: We woke up at 4:30am (jet lag) and played cards until breakfast. We decided, as it [View Full Entry]

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