New Zealand (Arrival & First month)
11/8/04 - 12/10/04

Sorry folks, we haven't yet written this one ... meaning we sort of went out of order!   Just to give you the basics, we made it to NZ safe and sound, landing in Opua on Nov 8th.  It was a windy, bumpy passage, but no major storms to fret over.  We LOVE NZ and we LOVE traveling on land for a bit.  We purchased a van which Chris then did some handy work on so that we can sleep/camp in it.  The van of course has a name ... Billavan!  We have moved Billabong to Whangarei where she will remain for the season while we explore the North & South Island on Billavan.

Click here to check out a few photos of the passage, arrival, and our first month in NZ.

As for the journal, just click the link below and move on to the next journal (our first extended Road trip) -- we'll get around to these journals later on.