18/06/2011 - Taupo, New Zealand (North Island)

Hey,

Currently in Taupo, which is awesome and has a massive beautiful lake! We did the crossing across the volcano which was amazing but tiring, some very beautiful scenery such as the Emerald Lakes, and the Blue Lake. Only a week left until I leave New Zealand! has gone too quickly!!! but who knows after the recent volcano explosion somewhere it's ash cloud may affect my flights out of NZ, hopefully not as I would love to spend 7 days, so fingers crossed it doesn't screw up the rest of my travel plans which I'm extremely excited about!

14/06/2011 - North Island, New Zealand

Hey,

Crossed the ferry to the North Island, so I am now in Wellington which is a nice change of scenery, but still can't beat the South Islands scenic roadside views!

We plan to drive around the North Islands and do as much as possible but time is against us. A few of the people have not done skydiving before so I think they are planning on doing that at some point, but apart from that I think it's going to be site seeing, taking in the views and doing some walks!

Managed to stay clear of the bad earthquake in Christchurch, so all is still good in NZ.

06/06/2011 - South Island, New Zealand

I'm now in New Zealand (South Island), with the campervan and it's insanely beautiful and a lot of fun. I'm in Queenstown at the moment, where I did the 134m Nevis Bungy Jump which was mental!!!! We've seen some amazing sites, even dolphins and seals! The views are just stunning from the road side. We still have Glacier Hiking to do which I am sure will also be incredible, and then the North Island is all still to come.

Having a lot of fun, but don't get the chance to use the internet often so won't be able to update very often, sorry! 

See you in a few

24/05/11 - Melbourne, Australia.

I'm now im Melbourne, my final destination in Australia. It is really quite cold here, and the backpacker hostel is in St. Kilda which is a little bit out of the centre! which I found out after I walked for a good 1.5hrs with my heavy backpack and bags! Will take a few photo's and as it's cheap Tuesday today I will treat myself to a dominoes pizza tonight as it's half price! Not sure what there is to do here, probably the same as other cities, so will just walk around do all the free sites, and take some photos!

Won't be long until I'm in New Zealand (28th May) and then I'll be getting by even more hardcore in a campervan! so will have to make the most of having the luxury of a hostel and mattress! Will probably be harder to update this blog in New Zealand as I'll be in a van, in the country side and won't have access to free internet!

22/05/11 - Sydney, Australia

Spent a bit of time here in Sydney, it's very nice, kinda what you would expect from a city. The Opera House was pretty cool, as well as the big harbour bridge. Beaches were nice too, I guess Sydney is the place to be having the Beaches a short drive away and the big city so close. I also saw a couple wales in the sea from the coast, they barely peaked above the water but it still counts! they did the whole spitting water up in the air too! Had a good night out in too, made the most of the cheap goon, paid the price the next day haha.

Anyway off to Melbourne on Monday night, I hear that Sydney and Melbourne are both good, and people dinf it hard to say which is better, so I'm guessing they'll be pretty similar, and then after Melbourne I will be headed into the cold of New Zealand.

17/05/11 - Surfer's Paradise + Byron Bay, Australia

Hey,

I'm in now in Byron Bay, and didn't get round to updated the blog in Surfer's Paradise. Surfer's Paradise was awesome, luckily had some great people in my flat/dorm so that was good fun. The actual place was good too, kinda reminded me of Miami, wasn't what I expected! It had a massively long beach and then with a mini city skyscrappers next to it! Unfortunately I couldn't find work for accommodation there, but the cheapest place did pick me up in a limo for free!!!

Byron Bay is alright, similar to other places really, nice beaches, popular with surfers, and as a small town with the regular few clothes shops and some fast food chain stores. Didn't get a chance to go to Nimbun as it cost $25 AUS to do so! and didn't find any work for accommodation here either so I'm leaveing today for Sydney where I can use up some of free nights to save a bit of money!!! Saw 2 scholes of doplhins in Byron Bay which was a pleasent suprise, it was quite amazing, they seemed like baby ones too! also trekked the coast and saw the lighthouse (where the dolphins were) so that was worth it!

Looking forward to going back to a big city where it should be bursting with life, and have plenty of things to do for free!

11/05/11 - Noosa + Brisbane, Australia

So I've been in Noosa, where I slaved away for my free accomodation to save money, I was glassing at the Nomads party bar. Noosa was pretty cool, had some nice beaches where you were actually allowed in the sea, so there were a few surfers. There was also a nice scenic walk through the national park that goes down the coast for miles.

After Noosa I went to Brisbane, my first proper city! finally lots of big buildings, and life walking around, no longer on a deserted place with only one main street! so far I love it, probably because of the change of North Australia, and I'm very much a city boy. Going to walk around the city and take advantage all the free things you can do as I'm hardcoring my budget. Just applied for my China visa so all excited about that. Will be in Brisbane until Friday where I will then go somewhere south!