2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/scurtis/rss.xml Hello friends and family!! Welcome to our travel site where you can read all about our latest adventures around the World..... http://www.getjealous.com/scurtis http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=467880&go=scurtis Hey Everyone!! Sorry we've not been updating the blog for a while.We're now in Queenstown and have moved into an amazing place with Stu and Henry! We have a beautiful view of the Remarkables mountains and are having a great time - haven't stopped drinking yet!!We get free internet at home so in the next few days we'll update the blog fully!!Looking for jobs tomorrow... we bought our Season Passes ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=467880&go=scurtis Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=471175&go=scurtis After recovering from the amazing but muscle destroying Tongariro Crossing we drove from Taupo to Napier - Hawkes Bay wine region!!!We checked in to the best campsite in new Zealand!! It was huge and had a Huge Screen cinema room, swimming pool and best of all a Jumping Pillow - basically like a trampoline but a huge inflated pillow on the ground. We had some fun on that!!The area around Napier, h... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=471175&go=scurtis Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=470754&go=scurtis Taupo was just an hour or so from Rotorua and we really liked it here! we ended up staying quite a few nights . . .Taupo is set on a huge lake - someone told us it was the same size as Singapore, but I'm not too sure about that! it is also close to three huge volcano's, one of which - Mt Ruapheu erupted only a few years ago!! so Taupo has a beautiful setting, and one of the main reasons to come ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=470754&go=scurtis Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=470747&go=scurtis I'm sitting here in Queenstown quite a while after all this happened so trying hard to remember . . .Rotorua is an area of massive thermal activity - there are steaming pools of hot mud and water everywhere and because of all the sulphur the air kinda smells of rotten eggs all the time!! we stayed in a campsite in the centre of town which was cool, and the first night we were there we headed off t... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=470747&go=scurtis Sun, 9 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=461528&go=scurtis Yay!!!! We found the Sun!!!! Guess where it was hiding?!?!? In the Bay of Plenty of course.... apparently this bay get's more days of sunshine than anywhere else in NZ!!One problem though, our first theft! We woke up this morning and went into the campsite kitchen to get some breakfast and noticed that the fridge was empty! Another girl staying on the site had also lost all her stuff from the frid... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=461528&go=scurtis Wed, 5 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=460598&go=scurtis we woke up in miranda and it was raining!! this was a real shame as the draw of the coromadel is the beautiful beaches. undeterred by the weather we headed up to a town called Thames. this was a lovely little town with a Saturday market, and we bought some really nice cheese with cumin seeds in it! however - it was still raining! we headed further around the coast to coromadel town - an old minin... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=460598&go=scurtis Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=459835&go=scurtis After missing out on the Bay of Islands last time round due to the rain we decided to give them another go for my birthday. This time instead of staying in Paihia we stayed in Russell - the town across the water, we had to get a car ferry over to Russell which Rachael had to drive onto again.Russell is a much nicer town than Paihia, less touristy and very quiet, but we paid the price for that in t... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=459835&go=scurtis Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=459837&go=scurtis all was not lost however . . . . the campsite we ended up at had a really cool BBQ area so we made some massive burgers had a few beers and settled in to wait for the rain to pass. and pass it did . . .next morning we woke up to a grey - but dry!! day. we headed back out on the road. first stop was Coopers beach - a recommendation to us by our friend. by the time we got here the Sun was really shi... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=459837&go=scurtis Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=455757&go=scurtis After finally collecting the Jolly Roger from the garage at 5pm and stocking up on supplies, we headed out on the motorway! driving over Auckland bridge was pretty special, and we got a great view back over the city. we reached our first destination, only about 40km north of the city! we stopped at a spot called Waiwerea hot springs. the campsite was right on the beach and was next to a thermal sp... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=455757&go=scurtis Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=452905&go=scurtis After a few busy and fun filled days in the city, we decided to get down to work . . . we decided that the best way to get around NZ and see the most of the country was to buy a van which we could drive ourselves and sleep in!! we dedicated Monday to this task and headed down to the backpackers car mart. we popped in here last week and its a big car park full of vans and cars that other traveller... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=452905&go=scurtis Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT