We have safely arrived in Auckland.  We had a fantastic stay in Melbourne visiting the Royal Children's.  Clearly the flagship of children's hospitals in Australasia.  We had some excellent academic sessions and were able to visit in the operating theatre to get a feel for spine surgery Down Under.  Our host Ian Torode even took us boating for the afternoon to finish off our trip to Australia.  The flight to New Zealand was uneventful, but the morning academic session was great and poignant.  This was then followed by a tour of the city that terminated with Amy and Eric jumping off a perfectly good building (the Skytower) in the middle of downtown. Crazy and yet exhilarating. Tomorrow we will spend time in clinic and the theatre at Starship and we are looking forward to it.