We've made it to Australia now and I've seen my first wild kangaroos! Actually, I've seen most of the indigenous animals, that those were in sanctuary, so that doesn't really count :)
We flew from Auckland to Melbourne, where my australian relatives picked me up (thanks!) We're spent with them and their family over a week and it was just perfect. They took such a great care of us that it was hard to leave and get on the road again :) We've seen Melbourne's downtown, the wildlife sanctuary, rode the puffing billy, went to the Yarra Valley wineries, snorkled on the coast (with sharks! yay!), etc...
Now we're on our way exploring the country again. At first we had to pick another campervan, since we had such  a great experience with it in New Zealand. Unfortunatelly, the company we used in NZ doesn't have a branch in Aus. So we narrowed it to wither Wicked or Autobarn. Wicked came up a bit better price plus they had more branches around Aus (which is good in case something happens to the campervan), so we chose them. When we went to pick it up, we almost regreted our decision - the one they had ready for us was, for lack of better words, piece of junk. Really. Again, since it's off-season, we're renting for a long period and they're not busy, they gave us a free "upgrade". It's ok, but the standard is far from what we got used to in New Zealand. Plus now we have to get used to stick! Oh well, it's still a nice camp-ah! and we're on the road again :)