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Published: October 23rd 2005
Foot of Queen Street
This is Where Queen Street starts, and not far from where I'm stayingIt's finally a nice sunny day here in Auckland after 3 days of dark, cloudy skies. I woke up to hear the gulls making some noise, so I figured it was nice weather.
Yesterday was interesting. I found an ad for a local car market, and figured I'd walk and check it out. Well, cars were either junk with bondo on them, or they were too expensive. I spoke with a man who was selling a station wagon (yes, they're still making them over here) He was selling it for $1600 NZ dollars seemed in good shape except for the broken mirror, cobwebs on the car, no working radio or interior lights. He told me this story about how he just had a reconditioned engine and transmission in the car. Well, call me not stupid, but I don't believe that because he couldn't produce any documentation. Then he told me that I could come South to Hamilton to get his electrical friend to look at the radio. I took advantage of the opportunity and took this little putter for a ride. Boy, driving on the other side of the road is certainly an experience. I think I scared the poor
Queen Street
Another picture of Queen Street man! Ha ha. I'm following a couple of leads on a couple vehicles, its whether or not I can afford them. And it's wierd because the engines over here are like 1.8 Litres, or 2.0 Litres. When you're used to driving a 3.8 Litre, it's hard to get used to.
Last night I met a nice girl named Sarah from England and we just hung out at the hostel's bar to watch the last rugby match of the season. Auckland VS Otago. I can't say how much I love rugby, even though I don't understand all the rules.
I got up this morning and caught the bus out of downtown Auckland for another car fair that was being held at Ellerslie Raceway. There were many cars, and I took a couple for a test drive. I found a nice Chariot (the model name) for $2700 NZ dollars. It's well upkept, not dirty or nasty on the inside like most cars I've seen. The seats fold down so you can sleep on them, because it's a station wagon, but more like a minivan just on the smaller side. I took it for a test drive. Nice ride, and has a Warranty
Kiwi Fever
I found this at a local gift shop. It's just a big stuffed Kiwi. It shows how much these people love their Rugby Team, the All Blacks of Fitness until April of next year. I'm very interested but it depends on the budget which I have to mull over this afternoon. Campervans I have discovered are too expensive, so I have to downgrade my plans a little.
I want to take the ferry over to Devonport, which is a little suburb of Auckland. The ferry costs $9 return and there is a nice walk thats in my Lonely Planet book. It's called the 2 volcanoes walk. You have no idea how hilly it is here. The streets are so steep, and by the time you're up them, you're covered in sweat and needing a shower badly.
On the bus today I drove past One Tree Hill. It's really a big hill with some sort of monument on it. Very unique. I thought about maybe heading there tomorrow, but the Department of Conservation isn't open today to get a pamphlet about the walking trail to Mt. Eden and One Tree Hill.
The cloudy pictures are from yesterday, and the sunny ones are from this morning.
And they call the pound button, the hash button. Just some useless knowlegde from NZ
Oh, and roundabouts really geniunely scare me.....
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Hailey
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Glad to see a sunny day
sounds like you are finally having a little fun. Hope you find a car soon. Its nice to follow along in your trip with you. Keep writing its good to see what you are up to.