So, Barbara has helped us out heaps, as i lost my driving licence so while we have been waiting for the Dvla to send confirmation that i do have a british licenec she has let us stay for free at hers aslong as we do jobs to help her out, so we have been helping out with little jobs around her place, where she has 16 individual units, and we have...

James is back: We headed out from Auckland to start our exploration of the North Island and I only had a few scary moments driving on the left-side of the road. I am also sitting on the right side of the car. However, I did signal with my windshield wipers instead of the blinker quite frequently to the amusement of Tris. Before we actually got o...

After leaving the city with the car stocked up of tent equipment and food we headed off to see the Coromandel peninsula. New Zealand is so familiar and very like home. The fruit and veg they have here is just yum, even the kiwi's are nice strangely enough! The views were amazing, the road took us along the coast for most of it but poor oul cons ...

Wow was that long drive worth it - 4 hours in the back of Malcolms 4WD, loaded up to the gills with stuff. Accommadation was fabulous - Nikki had booked it so there was no chance of a slum!!! Just what the doctor ordered this weekend - sun, sand, walking, fishing, but guess what, none of the other - sorry guys n gals, looks like you will have to...

The day didnt start as expected....went to Mount Eden to look at the views over auckland...departure from Mount Eden was however SLOWWWWWWW!!!!!! Stupid bus of unreliability breaking down on a hill......jared the bus driver was like itll only take 10 minutes......an hour later we left Auckland and headed to Cathedral Cove. After what felt like a...

28th May It was an early start this morning to catch the 8.30am Kiwi Experience bus, we were all half asleep but the driver, Lisa, was full of beans and tried to make us all get to know eachother....being a terrible morning person I was not impressed, felt like school again. Everyone seemed nice so that was cool. Our first stop off was at a plac...

My foot's starting to get out of hand. I couldn't put any weight on it when I got up this morning. It's gone all pink around the wound and it's throbbing like hell. I guess all the salt water activity isn't giving it any opportunity to heal. Surfing everyday in Raglan then all the diving here? I am a silly, silly boy. I went for a long, agonisin...

Well so far, I'm quite impressed with Whitianga. Similar to the Bay of Islands it has a population of around 4,000 which swells to over 40,000 in the summer. After speaking with a few locals, it seems to have particularly boomed over the last few years. Apparently, up until three years ago, Whitianga and a lot of the Coromandel had no proper roa...