Since we left the North Island on Monday, we have been pretty busy doing plenty of things... Monday we spent most of our day on the ferry getting across to the South Island, and then caught a new Kiwi Bus to take us from Picton (where the ferry docks) to Nelson (the town we were staying in). When we got to Nelson, we (Mel, me, Floris, Andrew and another girl) wandered around town and finally found a supermarket to buy our dinner from.... We got back to the hostel in time for the free beer tasting at 5:30, and that was good, would have been better if they were pint glasses not shot glasses! But, it was free, so we can't complain... Tuesday we set off to Wesport, and there was a walk that we did ... read more

Fell from a plane at 200km/ph today.... Was AMAZING! We got picked up from the hostel at 10:45am, and taken to the airport. We got into our outfits, and had hats, goggles, oxygen masks, all that sort of thing, and met our skydiving partners.... Mel's was called Phil and mine was called Andrew. We were driven to the plane, and met our camerapeople... I had a woman called Jenny and Mel has no idea what hers was called, but he had cool dreadlocks... We were in a TINY plane, only 9 people. Me, Mel, Justin (our roommate), our 3 instructors, 3 camerapeople, and that was it... oh and a pilot as well. We had to put our oxygen masks on when we got up to a certain height, as the air was too thin to breathe... ... read more

We have been pretty busy over the last couple of days... Saturday was spent in Noosa, on a boat that we rented for the whole day. We set off in the morning at about 6:30, and arrived in Noosa at about 9am after having breakfast at a service station on the way. We packed all of our stuff into the boat, and then headed up the river to a fishing spot near some reeds. As soon as I cast my line for the time, I had a bite, and managed to land a potato cod which was really ugly, but quite a good size for the fish in that river. We spent about 2 hours fishing, and caught about 5 fish. Some perch, and another type of tropical fish. Mel caught two fish, which was great ... read more

We arrived into Ayers Rock this morning, and when we first saw it, Mel's intellectual comment about one of the amazing natural wonders of the world was "It's just a big bloody rock", glad to know I am travelling with someone who appreciates natural beauty... HAHA We got to the resort, and were immediately attacked by about a million flies... It was really hot. We did a bit of shopping, and got some lunch from the supermarket. Mel says "Family and Andrew, I have bought you some presents, any ideas on what to get Nanna?" We were picked up by our tour company, and taken to the office. We paid for our entry fee and then went to our campsite. We filled our water bottles, and then headed out in the busto Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) ... read more

Been a while since my last entry, but haven't had access to internet since we left Brisbane on Monday. We have been travelling up the coast now for a week, and it is going well, (well most of it). Started off in Noosa, which is a surf town, and they had their surf festival on while we were there. Tried to surf at a surf school, but fell off, and to cut a long story short, ended up in the local hospital on a spinal board, but all is well now, getting better, no major damage... just muscles and nerves... We went to Rainbow Beach, which was disappointing as it rained all the time we were there! The beach wasn't that warm either.... LOL. Oh well... We went to a place called Kroombit on Sunday, and ... read more