NEW ZEALAND - GOD LOVED THE KIWIS SO MUCH THAT HE GAVE THEM BOILING MUD . . . . NEVERMIND, IT'S AN ANCIENT AUSSIE VS KIWI JOKE, ALONG WITH ALL THE LINES ABOUT BOTHERING SHEEP, TURNING GOOD BIG BUSINESSES INTO CRAP SMALL ONES . . . . SERIOUSLY THOUGH, A GORGEOUS COUNTRY FULL OF GOOD FOLK, JUST LIKE ANYWHERE ELSE ON PLANET EARTH . . . . A TINY POPULATION THAT EXCELS ABOVE EXPECTATIONS IN SO MUCH IT DOES.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU'RE INTO, WINE, FOOD, CARS, BIKES, ADVENTURE SPORTS, FISHING, HIKING, MOUNTAIN CLIMBING, SKIING, SAILING, GEOLOGY . . . . THE LAND OF THE LONG WHITE CLOUD HAS IT ALL . . . . I'D DIG TO GO BACK THERE AND DO THE PLACE ON A BIKE ONE DAY, SUCH A BLOODY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY . . . . ANY AUSSIES PUTTING SHIT ON IT DON'T HAVE A CLUE.

OH WHAT A FEELING . . . . WINE COUNTRY CARAVAN

IN FRONT OF THE CONVOY . . . . SOME GREAT GRAPE DIRT

GREAT SAUVIGNON BLANC . . . . BAD SAUV IS CAT'S PISS

 THE BABY DEERE . . . . SPECIALIST VINEYARD MOSHEEN

VINEYARD DUDE AND VINEYARD DOG

THE CREW AT BREAKFAST TIME . . . . CRISP AND CRYSTAL CLEAR

MARTINBOROUGH ACCOMODATION . . . . I CAN HEAR BANJOS

MORE SLEEPING SHACKS . . . . THE RURAL IDYLL KIWI STYLE

SUNDOWN ON THE HILLS . . . . SHEEP . . . . HELLO DARLING