After Dunedin the bus bizarrely takes you back to Queenstown, which seems like a bit of a waste but did mean I got to do stuff that I didn't do the first time I was there, cause I wasn't sure if it was interesting enough. Actually it was fairly interesting. I went to 'underwater world' (a posh name for an underground room with a big window into ...

Tuesday was a travel day to Napier. The weather was very overcast with strong winds, making for very rough seas. The captain announced that the winds were gusting up to 40 knots giving waves from 2 to 4 meters. It made for some unsteady walking but no sea sickness for me or Andy. But we had a busy day, none the less. After having Belgian waffles...

It is raining outside and I am running out of money. That contract job with Beca is now a go. I am to be in Tauranga tomorrow to do the preliminary work and then will start the work in Gisborne on Tuesday. The company is putting me up i a "company flat" for the week. I was hoping for another hotel, but this is a good option as well. At least it ...

So, after being unable to locate my cell, I departed Monday morning to head to the little visited Easp Cape of New Zealand. Our first nights stop was in te Kaha, which consisted of a drive along gorgeous ocean coastline. I was in my element just taking in the views. We got in a little bit before dinner, and after a round at the pub, headed back ...

After wellington we the bus stopped in Napier. In Feb 1931 Napier was completely destroyed by an earthquake and when they rebuilt it they decided rebuild it in Art Deco Style. I didnt know what Art Deco was but it means that all buildings in the centre are Built, Painted and Decorated Artistically. See the pics... Wouldnt bate Kilrush! Emma had ...

Last night the hostel finally did reach capacity so I had the pleasure of sleeping with 3 women. They were again all asleep when I returned from town. Caught the bus to Napier this morning. The centre was flattened by an earthquake in 1931. This led to a project in which the town was entirely rebuilt in 2 years. All in the style of art deco. And...

Soooo... after spending a rainy day exploring a park and zoo in New Plymouth, which was less than exciting, we got to do a 3 hour trek on Mount Taranaki (can't rememeber the long Maorian name of the track for the life of me). but since it was somewhat cloudy and wet from the previous day, the walk wasn't all it could have been, for after we cros...

Drove to a small (ish) place and put up the tent again (oh what fun). Pottered around, there are Xmas sales on but we were good and didn't buy anything! Lay in the sun for awhile. Decided to go out for dinner but everything shut as a public holiday! So had burger and chips take out! And that is about it.

Well after the disappointment of the rugby result, we headed post match to the Hamilton old Boys marquee that they had put up behind the stadium..It was packed full of Lions fans and we managed to get a few free rounds in! From there we headed to the Outback bar, which was heaving full of supporters...as it turns out this tour seems to be one of...

We got the boat headed to Wellington and stayed a night on the side of the road we where all so tired we didn't care wehre we slept in was now 2am we just needed sleep. Up the next morning and headed into town Wellington seemed a cool place loads going on. We went to the Te Papa museum which is so big takes a long time to go around it all but so...