NZ CONTINUED....[26300/205]

12.8.08......DAY 14
8.00AM...I WANNA STAY WARM BENEATH THESE SHEETS.
8.10AM...KETTLE ON.
8.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.50AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.20AM...BACON/MUSHROOM SANDWICH...CUPPA TEA.
9.55AM...PACKING.
10.25AM...READY TO ROLL.
11.00AM...PAK'N'SAVE[SUPERMARKET]...NEED MILK...ALSO BOUGHT STEAK...ON OFFER.
11.30AM...HEADING FOR AWAKO...80K AWAY...NZ DRIVERS ARE IMPATIENT...I'M DOING SPEED LIMIT...BUT THEY ALL WANNA PASS...THEN THEY SLOW DOWN ONCE THEY'VE PASSED...SILLY PEOPLE.
12.05PM...EDENVALE?...I THINK WE ARE GOING THE WRONG WAY...TURNED ROUND AND HEADED FOR FORTROSE.
12.40PM...FORTROSE...STOPPED THE CAR AND HAD A LOOK AT THE INFO BOARD...THE WIND IS BITING.
12.50PM...BACK IN VEHICLE.
1.20PM...AFTER MANY BENDIND ROADS...HILLS AND DIPS WE ARE IN AWAKO.
1.35PM...HAD A LOOK AT AN APARTMENT...THERES A NOTE ON THE DOOR THAT BASICALLY READS...'GO IN...LOOK AROUND...IF YOU LIKE IT...MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME...WE WILL SEE YOU SHORTLY'...VERY TRUSTING THESE ZEALANDERS!
1.45PM...ITS A NICE APARTMENT...BUT ITS WELL COLD.
2.10PM...BACK IN CAR...NEXT STOP SURAT BAY.
2.25PM...ON A STONY UNMADE ROAD.
2.40PM...SURAT BAY AT LAST...NEXT TO BEACH...CHECK TO SEE OUR CAR TYRES ARE STILL THERE!
2.45PM...CHATTING WITH OWNER OF SURAT BAY LODGE...HE'S WELCOMED...HE SAYS AS SOON AS HE'S MADE THE LOG BURNING FIRE IT'LL BE WARM AND COSY.
2.55PM...NU LIKES IT...WE'RE STOPPING...IT'LL DO.
3.30PM...LOG FIRE BLAZING...ITS GETTING WARM.
3.45PM...TELE ON...OLYMPICS...HAVE WE WON ANY MEDALS YET?
4.30PM...BAKED SPUDS IN OVEN...A RUSSIAN CHAP CAME TO HAVE A LOOK...BUT DIDN'T STAY...WE ASKED IF HE HAD ANY POTATO'S...[AS YOU DO]...HE KINDLY OBLIGED!
5.10PM...STEAK UNDER GRILL.
5.30PM...BAKED SPUDS AND STEAK SORTED...CUPPA TEA.
5.50PM...SOMEHOW I GOT THE SPUDS JUST RIGHT...STEAK WAS EXCELLENT...WONDERFUL MEAL.
6.00PM...TV NEWS...RUSSIA AS INVADED GEORGIA.
7.00PM...MORE OLYMPICS...HAVE WE WON A MEDAL...YET?
8.00PM...A PROGRAMME CALLED 'SENSING MURDER'...ABOUT PHYCHICS WHO HELP POLICE SOLVE MURDERS...VERY INTERESTING.
9.00PM...WHISKEY FOR ME....BRANDY FOR NU...PEANUTS TO SHARE.



13.808...DAY 15...
8.00AM...LOG FIRE GONE OUT...NOT SO WARM NOW.
8.15AM...KETTLE ON.
8.30AM...CUPPA TEA.
8.50AM...SHOWER.
9.20AM...WEETEBIX/CUPPA TEA.
10.00AM...EVERYTHING IN CAR.
10.10AM...WALKING BEACH.
10.30AM...TWENTY MINS IS LONGER ENOUGH.
10.35AM...IN CAR HEADING FOR 'NUGGET POINT'.
11.10AM...WE STOP OFF AT A LOOK OUT POINT...THERES MEANT TO BE A FAMILY OF YELLOW EYED PENGUINS HERE...CAN'T SEE THEM...PERHAPS THEY'VE GONE FOR A DAY TRIP SOMEWHERE!
11.30AM...NUGGET POINT...IT WAS A STEEP CLIMB...CAR SLOW...LUCKY TO HIT SECOND GEAR!
11.40AM...NUGGET POINT LIGHT HOUSE...HERE YOU CAN SEE MANY ROCKS THAT APPARENTLY LOOK LIKE NUGGETS?...NOT!
12.10PM...BACK IN CAR...FROZEN...PULLED THE ICICLE OF MY LEFT EAR...NEXT STOP DUNEDIN[ITS ACTUALLY THE OLD WORD FOR EDINBURGH...THERE MUST BE A SCOTTISH INFLUENCE THERE]...90K TO GO.
1.35PM...DUNEDIN...THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN NZ.
2.05PM...MANOR PLACE...WE BOOK TWO NIGHTS
2.30PM...AFTER A 'WEE' CHAT...WE DECIDE WE DON'T LIKE MANOR PLACE...TO FAR OUTA TOWN...AND THE CAR ONLY JUST MADE THE HILL...WHEELS WERE SLIPPING.
2.45PM...ASKED FOR OUR MONEY BACK.
3.05PM...DUNEDIN BACKPACKERS...CENTRAL TO EVERYTHING.
3.50PM...WALKING TOWN...RAIN POURING DOWN.
4.15PM...BACK AT BACKPACKERS...ITS TO COLD...CUPPA OF COFFEE.
4.50PM...PREPARING CURRY BOG.
5.30PM...EATING CURRY BOG.
6.10PM...BOTTLE OF WINE...CHATTING WITH OTHER WET AND DAMP TRAVELLERS.
6.50PM...HAVE DECIDED WE DON'T LIKE DUNEDIN.



14.8.08...DAY 16...
9.00AM...SLEPT WELL.
9.15AM...TWO CUPS OF TEA FROM THE URN IN THE KITCHEN...THATS ONE GOOD THING ABOUT BACKPACKERS THEY DO SUPPLY A CONSTANT STREAM OF BOILING WATER.
9.40AM...SHOWER...THE CUBICLE IS RATHER SMALL...I'M NOT ONE TO COMPLAIN THOUGH!
10.25AM...BACON/EGG/MUSHROOM ON TOAST...CUPPA TEA.
11.10AM...WALKING SHOPS...THE RAIN HASN'T ARRIVED YET.
11.55AM...CADBURYS WORLD.
12.10PM...TOURING CADBURYS WORLD FACTORY.
1.15PM...TOUR OVER...WE HAVE MANY BARS OF CHOCALATE TO SCOFF!
1.50PM...STEAK HOUSE...10 DOLLAR LUNCHTIME SPECIALS.
2.15PM...A STAEK FOR 10 DOLLARS[4 QUID] WITH SALAD AND CHIPS...ITS WAS OK...NU HAD CHICKEN...THE CHICKEN IS STILL ON THE PLATE!...OH DEAR...I TOLD HER SHE SHOULD'VE HAD THE STEAK!
3.40PM...INFO CENTRE...NEED TO KNOW WHERE IMMAGRATION OFFICE IS...GOT A QUESTION TO ASK...IF WE GO TO FIJI...DOES IT EFFECT OUR NZ VISA?
4.00PM...FOUND IMMAGRATION OFFICE...ITS CLOSED.
4.25PM...BACK AT OUR HOSTEL.
4.50PM...NU DOING LAUNDRY.
5.30PM...CHEESE AND BREAD.
6.30PM...CHATTING WITH OTHERS...WHISKEY AND LEMONADE TO KEEP ME WARM.
7.30PM...SOME LOUSY ITALIANS HAVE PUT SOME CRAP RAP MUSIC ON...TIME TO RETIRE!


GOOD TO BE ALIVE!


BYE FOR NOWZ.