Melbourne: Phillip Island
Feeling groggy, still in need of more sleep I checked the time on my phone. 9:30AM. We had an hour to get cleaned up, packed up and out of the […]
Feeling groggy, still in need of more sleep I checked the time on my phone. 9:30AM. We had an hour to get cleaned up, packed up and out of the […]
Booking a short break in winter has always been subject to the weather. I decided not to bother checking, booked accommodation and we’d just go anyway. Otherwise we might never […]
Upon my return to Melbourne, priority number one was finding a job. After I’d given myself a well deserved and much needed week off, of course. I discovered my favourite […]
Our flights were hours apart, but we went to Auckland airport together. Four weeks together was long enough to remember what it’s like to be a family. Mum, Dad and […]
Time was running out, dragging enthusiasm kicking and screaming with it. We could have driven on to Auckland but the thought of finding parking for a camper van pushed us […]
The entire journey from Christchurch until now I’ve been torn between homes to dinosaurs or the realms of elves, dwarves, orcs and goblins. The landscapes of New Zealand are without […]
The Craters of the Moon were just the first hint of the serious volcanic activity spread across the centre of New Zealand’s north island. Our nostrils were attacked with a […]
After completing the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, the atmosphere in the van changed. I don’t think I was the only one who felt this way. We were making our way towards […]
A single snow capped peak towered towards the sky. Mount Ruapehu looked like the remains of a mountain after a serious of violent eruptions have torn its summit to pieces […]
In arriving at Jason’s home we approached the end of our planned itinerary. We were looking ahead to things we wanted to do as and when we came to them, […]