Glowworms

I know you’re all sitting on the edge of your seats, so let’s address the elephant in the room. The van started. Not only did it start, but on the first

Flat Battery

We woke up this morning, excited to move on to our next destination. Today, we were off to Waitomo, a two-hour drive away. We had a glowworm boat tour booked for 2:00pm.

Mountain Biking

Today was the most anticipated day of the trip for Charlie. We had four hours of adrenaline-fueled fun booked at Rotorua’s world-class mountain bike trails, The Redwoods in Whakarewarewa Forest. For Charlie,

Rotorua: Acclimatisation by Equalisation

Today moved at a leisurely pace. The weather forecast was bleak and for the first time on our trip, we had nowhere to be and absolutely no plans. Erin delivered breakfast in bed,

Hobbiton

Beep beep beep. Beep beep beep. That’s the sound of my alarm dragging us back into the land of the living at 6:00am, followed immediately by a few well-earned groans. Today