Ciao New Zealand

My time in New Zealand is at an end - i fly off tomorrow for the sunny climbs of Cairns. NZ has been good fun, although the 'Kiwi Experience' let me down on a few occasions. The South Island is much more impressive than the North, and particular highlights were the Abel Tasman Coastal Track, the Rob Roy Valley walk and the amazing Milford Sound (even tho the weather was crap). Even managed to fit in a few good old curries (although nowhere near as good as Laquila)

Can't wait to get some snorkeling done on the Great Barrier Reef and some sailing in the WhitSundays. Guess i'll also check out Bondi etc - best make sure i've got some Sun Factor 150 by then!

North Island

Well, two weeks into New Zealand and the North Island has been sucessfully navigated. Started off in Auckland and saw the Bay of Islands, Cathedral Cove, some Sulphuric geysers in Roturua, glowing worms whilst dritfing through a dark cave, walked the Tongariro crossing (including a walk up Mount Doom for all those Lord of The Rings fans) and went grade 5 White Water Rafting.

Other notable North Island occurances included seeing the NZ equivilant of the US Constitution, accidentally bumping into both DLA Piper NZ offices, jumping out of an aeroplane at 15,oooft and nearly getting left at Picton ferry terminal by those incompotent fools at Kiwi Experience. The joys of travel.....