its all falling into place

the tickets are booked and this is the plan:

27 November 2006 London Gatwick to Christchurch New Zealand

travel and see the sights of New Zealand, splitting my time between hostels and work exchange locations where free food and lodgings are swapped for a few hours work a day.

This should allow me time to see the countryside and towns, meet other travellers and the locals and find out what life is like, be amazed by the countryside and the oceans, and wonder at all the strange and curious plants and beings of the land.

Christmas on the beach in the sunshine - i've never done that before.

I shall travel the south island first, then move northwards eventually arriving in Aukland, from where i shall depart.

28 February 2007 Aukland, New Zealand to Sydney, Australia

After much discussion, decided that it would be rude not to call in and see what australia was about.

Just in time for Mardi Gras celebrations in the big city.

Must also do all those well known sites - the opera house, sydney harbour bridge, bondi beach, sydney tower etc etc etc... watch this space to see what i discover. If city life gets to be too much, still have a couple of weeks to explore a small corner of outback, or travel up the coast, its all part of the adventure.

25 March 2007 Sydney, Australia to London Gatwick.

And then home and back to work for the beginning of April.

Second blogspot attempt

This is the second attempt at a blogspot, no one else could access the first one i set up so it lies abandoned in the ethers of tinternet.

it had various flashy boxes for headings and items of interest that are not available here, so i have gathered it all together and transferred it to here.

This is what i had written on the first one:-

Entry for 16 October 2006 Day 1

I HAVE TAKEN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS OFF TO HAVE AN ADVENTURE AND TO REDISCOVER WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT.

PLEASE VISIT THESE PAGES FROM TIME TO TIME TO SEE WHAT I GET UP TO AND WHERE MY TRAVELS TAKE ME.

i have left my home and business in dartmouth in the capable hands of Chris and Philly, to whom i am very grateful for agreeing to let me have this time off to travel and rediscover the meaning of life.

(for those that do not know me, we share a house in the countryside with a large garden with chickens and pigs and a veggie plot, and probably a dog by the time i return. And a garden centre business next door that we run with a wonderful team. i will miss you all.)

Now i am staying with a wonderful friend, Joy, who i have know for years, in her house in gravesend, and plan to be here for a couple of months. I shall go out and get myself a well paid temp job, if there is such a thing, to help fund my travels and will meet up with old friends that i have know in london and drink red wine and smoke a bit too much, because that is what Joy and i like to do when we spend time together.

And when the time is right, and i know where i am going, i shall head off in search of the kiwi.