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SCENE: Fresh faced traveler enters small, lakeside town offlicense Handsome traveler: Good Morrow Shopkeep, one is stocking up on energy drinks for a fantastical voyage, have thee any Relentless™ or Mother™? Shopkeep: Sorry bro’, We have VK in the small cans only bro’ is that Mother™ stuff any good …

Unfortunately the steep drop in temperatures led to few photo ops on the way up to Mt. Cook. Thick fog masked Lake Pukaki most of the way, clearing up with around 20kms of flood plains left to Mount Cook, fortunately we managed to capture a few snaps of Lake Pukaki’s astounding turquoise water. The …

Even though it wasn’t strictly on the way to Lake Tekapo, Sumner had been recommended to us as a pretty little town on the coast and it didn’t disappoint. Although it was cloudy, the sun was highlighting an eerie mist across the whole bay, it caught the light in such a unique way and gave the beach …

Having had a good night’s sleep in the Olympian beds we divvied up Somer’s fantastic tips for Christchurch, but where to start? Dmitri’s for Souvlakis? Dux De Lux for their fabled ginger beer? Or check out the cathedral? The hostel staff also booked trips, campers and travel for the inmates from the …

We were tying up the loose ends in Sydney last Monday (8/6/2009). Still staying in the Strand hotel on William St in Darlinghurst we decided to make the most of a beautifully sunny, but chilly Sydney morning and hit Bondi beach. A short hop from King’s Cross Rail Station to Bondi Junction and a skip …

So it’s been nearly a week outside the UK and that makes it time to update the blog, it feels like we’ve already been about a month in Sydney, amazing how quickly you’re sucked into the different ways of doing things. We’ve had a couple of days of sun which has been a welcome relief from the …

Where’s Wally (going)? Today we leave. Our tickets are booked, injections painfully and repeatedly administered, backpacking associations and frequent flyer programs applied to and accepted. It’s real. Here are the main dates and then I’ll fill in the details a bit further on: The Trip 1st June – …

It would seem that things are tough at the top.  Of course I mean the top of the SERPs for terms like ‘SEO’, ‘Search engine optimis(z)ation’ and the like.  This is a seriously competitive space for vanity rankings – so I tend to have a nosey around now and then.  And whilst we all blog, talk and …

Because your PR team are probably doing something right now that could be more valuable.

Honestly, everytime I read an article on link building techniques or a link buidling tutorial I can’t help but think about the last time I spoke with our PR guru.  He’s a talented and animated chap with an …