The rain is certainly persistent here!  We set off from Nelson on our way to Wellington.  We needed to get back to the small town of Picton to catch the ferry but sadly would not be stopping over to use the Spa this time.   We arrived at the the terminal and checked our bags in.  It was quite similar to the Dover to Calais cr...

Our trusty little car took us through yet another great storm.  We left Napier this morning to sunny skies and drove into a storm that blew in from the Tasman Sea.  It was wet, it was wild it was very strong. 

Grrr - stupid tissue left in trouser pocket during laundry, how the hell does something so small suddenly seem to disintegrate into the same amount of material to cover a football field. The bus to Picton traveled through more wine country, this time Marlborough country supposedly renowned for it's red wine or is it white? One or the other anywa...

Hello everyone well i arrived in fiji today and finally get some sunshine but it's still warmer where you guys are, back home which just isn't fair! i'm gonna speed through what i did NZ cos i'm really behind on this pod and i wanna get it uptodate.... so.... we were in wellie and all met up for drinks in the cambridge, the whole gang and sadly ...

3rd August 2005 Well it was a short hop across the pond to the north island, crossing through the queen charlotte sound. Wanted to take loads of pics but alas the memory card decided to die on us!. It was also bloody freezing crossing at 10am. We arrived in wellington and took a tour around Te Papa museum, walked along the harbour front and had ...