VEE-TRAVEL: E-mail #6 from Christchurch

Clare and Isabel with friends in the water at Fraser Island

Hi guys!

We had a great time in Australia. I loved Airlie beach and the Whitsunday Islands – just paradise! Fraser Island too. We saw and admired Lake McKenzie, light blue water on the outskirts and a rich dark blue in the centre (where the river-snakes live!!). Understandably, it's the most photographed lake in the world. The group we were with was pretty wild and drinks were on the menu every night! By 8pm it was pitch black and to talk to everyone in the group proved very difficult indeed. The worst bit about Fraser Island was the flies!!! They were huge! We were forever using our thongs (that's Australian for 'flip-flops', guys!) to whack them senseless!

After Fraser Island we body-boarded at Noosa. It was so cool! We stayed in the water for hours (and checked out the surfers too!). Byron Bay, in my opinion (and Izzy's too, I think) had the best beach – it was crystal clear. At night, there was a lot to see – from Aboriginal dancing, to talent nights and the cinema!!! They even had subtitles.

So back to Sydney and on to New Zealand. Auckland does look like the UK (although some said Ireland!) and there's so many Burger Kings and Japanese sushi places (yum!) here it's unbelievable! The shops here are really cool. The weather is unpredictable – it's sunny and hot one minute, then a gust of wind comes along and chills you to the bone!!

We're now in Christchurch, and it is pretty here – almost looks like Oxford, with the canal and the cathedral too.

We decided to hire a spaceship! Yes, a spaceship!! Check it out at www.spaceships.tv – it's a car that sleeps! It's got a DVD/CD player, a fridge, cooker, storage for your bags and a double bed! We're going to drive all the way back to Auckland, going on the ferry and seeing as much as possible! The mountains looked breathtaking when on the plane and there were some water-holes that were a striking electric blue colour – it was just beautiful!

Tonight, we're going to have a drink with one of the guys we met in LAOS!!! We met him three months ago and we bumped into him here in Christchurch of all places!!

E-mail you guys later …
Clare XxX

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