... Just a little jolly jaunt on a saturday afternoon... [View Full Entry]

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Today has been a bit of a history lesson... Anzac - meaning Australia and New Zealand (we'd tend to use the phrase antipodeans in the northern hemisphere). The day is a remembrance day for all fallen soldiers in wars. It's 'celebrated' in a similar way to that of 11th November and Remembrance Day in the UK; services and parades are held all across the country. The services are held at dawn to mark the timing of the landing of the Anzacs at Gallipoli in Turkey during WWI. So yup it was up at 5.30am and to the Domain and the Cenotaph [View Full Entry]

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The morning started early leaving Whangaparora then up to meet Karen and a tour up to Whangarei Heads and Ocean Beach... (and a paddle in the sea!)... gorgeous... [View Full Entry]

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These kiwi's are friendly types! [View Full Entry]

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Soooooo I've been in Auckland bout 6 months now and have gone from living in a hostel (sharing a room with two others) to sofa cushions on the floor (it's officially called "dossing" in kiwi language!- thanks to Rupert & Amanda for the hospitality - not sure about the fact that they got a brand new sofa with massive cushions two days after I left tho!!!) then into a great house in Ponsonby with two fab kiwi ladies! Slowly getting back into the 'real' world!! Yup I got myself a job and have been working all that time - looking forward [View Full Entry]

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Needed time out... kindly was offered a batch (a.k.a. beach house) for the weekend on Waiheke Island... so a short ferry ride later and a relaxing time... [View Full Entry]

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Into the new house and housewarming/birthday party for me & Ana... [View Full Entry]

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Wednesday 16th May 2007 to Tuesday 22nd May 2007 I left Cindy in Nelson and made my way to Picton. I had decided to cut across the top instead of travelling via Blenheim. This I was soon to find out was the Queen Charlotte Drive - a very windy (literally taking the steering wheel from 9 and 3 to 12 and 6 and back again - constantly for nearly an hour!). But the views were amazing. This is one of the areas people do 5 day 'tramps' (walks) and I can totally understand why. At one point I stopped near [View Full Entry]

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So now it's up into the North Island... I decided on the 8am ferry from Picton to Wellington which needed a 7am check-in and a 6am rise - gutted! Well I did have to make sure I was awake to tackle getting on board the ferry in the little blue mobile! (yup I haven't given my car a name yet). Just my luck that I was on the top deck! All that sorted and it was off through the Queen Charlotte Sound and the gorgeous views of the South Island left behind with the sun rising to a beautiful and still [View Full Entry]

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