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Christchurch Day 3 (Still). Ok - all holidays seem to be a bumpy road for us - and here is our first roadblock. The previous people that had our campervan had a big smash (and didn't tell the hire place when it happened... naughty naughty). This means we have a delay getting a new van and have to stay in Christchurch another day. However, every cloud has a silver lining - it gave us a chance to have a punt ride on the Avon, which was actually a very nice experience and not as cheesy as I expected. [Read More]

Christchurch Day 1.  Christchurch is lovely.... I really really like it actually. Kind of like Oxford, Cambridge, Stratford-upon-Avon (it even has a river Avon - with Punting!!!) but on the opposite side of the globe. Very friendly people - this tram driver Vern (and his conductor George) were particularly nice to Jaron and I and let us ride up front in the 100 year old tram - Jaron was a little in awe, but loved it. [Read More]

Christchurch Day 2 Another fun packed day in Christchurch with the Dalton Family - weather was so much hotter than yesterday, hard to believe such a rapid change. For those that care, our action packed day was roughly: Ron Muick exhibition that we missed in Brisbane. We loved it, but Keira rather freaked out by the massive baby so had to take her out for a bit. [Read More]

Flying with Kids It's been a while, but we are flying with kids again... this time 2! The last time we flew was when my eldest was about 9 months to the UK and it was a complete nightmare to say this least. This time we were determined to have a better time of it. We arrived early - we had the little trunki ride-on suitcases which the kids absolutely loved and we seemed to attract the attention of the whole airport. [Read More]