I bought my ticket to New Zealand on Friday.

I leave on January 20th for Christchurch in the South Island.

I leave Melbourne to travel the Great Ocean Road to Adelaide on January 16th with my friend Karen. Then I return to Melbourne for one night before taking off to New Zealand for a month.

I travel around NZ for a month and then fly to Perth on February 20th.

Excited and sad at the same time, as I don't really want to leave Melbourne or the friends I've made here. However, I suppose if they are real friends, they will always be friends and I will never be leaving them behind... they will be with me always.