Monthly Archives: January 2006

Its dark, bloody dark, how depressing. When we left Auckland we had to be careful how long we stood in the sun, when we arrived back in Ireland, it was raining and surprisingly dark. This week, the forecast is for … Continue reading →

Well folks here we are in Sydney airport waiting for our flight. 6 weeks has really flown by. Yesterday morning we left Rotorua and headed up towards Auckland for our final night in New Zealand. On the way we dropped … Continue reading →

Yesterday we left Napier after watching visiting the Marine Wildlife Sanctuary. We drove on up towards Rotorua, and stopped for lunch beside Lake Taupo. Quite a nice drive, though we’re getting tired of it at this stage (2500k done so … Continue reading →

This fine sunny morning we packed up once again and left Nelson, on our way to Picton and the Ferry. The ferry trip itself across the notorious Cook Straits was quite pleasant (I even managed 45 minutes kip). As we … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning we were up early to to go Heli Hiking up the glacier, alas, it was not to be. The weather called a halt to proceedings. As we were tight on time we decided to keep moving and headed … Continue reading →

Today began as a day of research (seeing as I work for a research group. The first question was, do first-time skydivers remember their descent? The consensus is not much of it, and definitely not the first 10 seconds (and … Continue reading →

Pardon the pun, but we had our doubts about this as it wasn’t a very good day, a lot of rain, but we perservered. Firstly a two hour drive from Queenstown to Pearl Harbour, then a 50 minute ferry crossing, … Continue reading →

They are having slightly inclement weather here at the moment, its about 15 Degrees Centigrade, and showery. A bit chilly compared to what we have experienced the last few weeks. Yesterday morning, after a brief conference, we decided on trying … Continue reading →

Our time in Australia is rapidly coming to its conclusion. It was most enjoyable. Things I liked about Australia (in no particular order), the climate, the food, the people, and the mostly relaxed attitude to life. Things I didn’t like … Continue reading →

We gave up in the end and headed for the Beach, there’s a thermometer on the way down and it was reading 46 Degrees Celcius as we walked past, on the way back, just before 19:00 it was reading 44 … Continue reading →