Well this is it, everything is packed (we hope) and we are on our way. Big thank you to Lynley who is looking after our house and most importantly our cats while we are away. Hopefully the next time you hear from us we will be in Vancouver (where the weather is predicted to be raining and cold at 4 degrees!)

SB:  We left clear blue skies and temperatures in the mid 30s behind in Adelaide, and after a brief stop in Melbourne, landed in Auckland, NZ to grey skies and persistent drizzle. A miserable hostel aswell made for a miserable start.     The next day though we booked ourselves on the free guided tour of Auckland (Stray)&n...

I have talked to the folks in Greenpeace and they reckon that there's a good chance of me going into travel team. Next week there'll be a guy coming from Sweden and maybe we can form a team, together with another person on the Auckland team, but I won't have any concrete plans as yet till two weeks from now. Things have been going fine here, yes...

Arrived in Auckland, finally. the flight was pretty crappy, with even worse entertainment. the fact wehad only 1 decent film to choose from for the whole flight, i could just about bare. however is was the gentleman sat beside me who was causing the problem. He repeatedly insistied on starting convostaion, which i initially thought wasnt a probl...

Thurs 1 March Weather overcast yet again in Rotorua, so decided to head up towards Auckland. Styeph tried out her leg by driving for an hour up the highway. The leg is slowly improving, but not yet ready for any serious walking challenge. Drove through Hamilton, Manukau and then on to the N W Motorway in an attempt to pick up the concert tickets...

After departing from Houston (with a stopover in Los Angeles), the white plume clouds shimmering in the soft amber sunrise, floated gently outside the plane window above Auckland, New Zealand's largest city (pop. 1.2 million). Since the departure from LA, we were told that the entertainment system on board Air New Zealand was out of order. The a...

Like I said, just getting our bearings and hanging out until our orientation tomorrow. Its so wierd to be here, but so exciting!

Hi Guys!! So I'm in New Zealand and it is so true what they say about the place - it IS BEAUTIFUL!! Man oh man! Let me fill you all in on what i have been up to! I spent 2 1/2 weeks in Melbourne with Tess and Chris. It was a pretty chilled out time, checked out Melbourne, met up with Mates, and ate good food! As well as Tess and Chris I have a f...

so, we left the pub at 1am and then took a LONG time to get back to Auckland - it was soo foggy that at one stage we were on the wrong side of the road without realising it - fortunately there wasnt much oncoming traffic at that time. So back to the nasty room to sleep......... Next morning, we booked into the Copthorne Hotel, overlooking the ha...

Auckland is a bit of a disappointment after Fiji, but nice airport, friendly customs, room with AC which is good and bad (dry and cold vs. clothes dry overnight). Bring matches to the kitchen. Spent a fortune on two nights here. Disillusioned... guess this happens every time you leave the island... any island. I'm learning to take it slow. Auckl...