Van tour around New Zealand’s North Island – day three and day four

We pick up this post on day three of our North Island road trip in our rented camper van. Day three sees us wake up in Tologa Bay and cruise down the East Coast towards Gisborne where we have a spot of drinking and eating. Not quite tasting everything New Zealand can serve on a … Continue reading Van tour around New Zealand’s North Island – day three and day four

Beautiful Brisbane and Bribie Island

Christmas 2015 sees us packing up from Auckland and all decamping to Bribie Island just off the coast of Brisbane for a family get together. The brief? A relaxing break for our family, spanning in age from 3 - 61 years old, where we can spend time together as well as get out and forge … Continue reading Beautiful Brisbane and Bribie Island

Venturing into Vanuatu

I would never have guessed that I would have the best steak of my life on a small tropic island in the Pacific Ocean, but I did. Vanuatu was surprising at every step - from the food, the atmosphere of the main city Port Vila, the friendless of the ni-Vanuatu people, the extremes of wealth … Continue reading Venturing into Vanuatu