The Land of the Long White Cloud (& a lot of blinking hills!) February 18th 2013 Kia Ora! Friends & Family
So we left Australia after 11 glorious months. Sydney was fantastic, a great place to spend the festive season plus it had a climate which I prefer to the ffffreezing UK. Equally it was great to spend almost 4 weeks there and not spend a cent on accommodation!
New Zealand has been another place we'd long wished to visit and for F it was a hope to enjoy some co ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more
This is it (again)! Our way of keeping in touch whilst on our second big adventure, letting you know how skint/happy/sad/alive we are as we travel this time across Oz and NZ (via Dubai) during the continuing economic meltdown! Oh well, we'll do our best to enjoy our travels on what dosh we've still got...! xx ... full info