Time to move on from the Bay of Islands today, albeit rather reluctantly, but my journey was ahead of me, and there was no point being sentimental about a place

I wanted to do a bit of work on the gears in my car today as they are crunching a little. It seemed like a good place to have a look, and I’m sure I can get help from the hostel owner if I have any problems.

With my lovely new car I set off North from Auckland in the search of adventure, and was not disappointed with what I found.

I hoped that today would bring me a car so that I could continue my travels, but as always, it wasn’t quite as simple as that…

Another day in Auckland, and I wanted to use this day to familiarise myself with the bus tours around New Zealand, namely the Kiwi Tours

After spending much of the day walking around Auckland city yesterday, I have managed to destroy my legs. They are extremely achy today, therefore the plan was to spend the day relaxing a bit, maybe do a bit of shopping.

Today would be my first full day in New Zealand, and I planned to use it well. I wanted to begin my sightseeing campaign and really begin my travelling adventure, but I had the small matter of jet-lag to contend with first.