NZ TIMES...CONTINUED...

9.8.08...DAY ELEVEN...
9.30AM...GOSH ITS LATE.
10.00AM...GOSH ITS EVEN LATER!
10.10AM...KETTLE ON.
10.25AM...CUPPA TEA.
11.00AM...WEETABIX/CUPPA TEA.
11.35AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
12.10PM...WE ARE OFF TO A MUSEUM...ONLY ROUND THE CORNER.
12.25PM...MANY MAORI PAINTINGS/DRAWINGS/ARTEFACTS...PLUS A ROOM DEDICATED TO BURT MUNRO...A CHAP WHO BROKE MANY LANDSPEED RECORDS IN HIS LIFE TIME ON A 1920 INDIAN MOTORBIKE[WE SAW THE FILM ABOUT HIS ACHIEVMENTS WHEN WE WERE IN OZ]...THEY HAVE THE ORIGINAL BIKE HERE...PLUS A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HIM...PLUS THEY HAVE HENRY THE TUATARA[LIZARD]...WHO'S JUST DONE THE BUSINESS WITH MILDRED...AND IS ABOUT TO BECOME A DAD FOR THE FIRST TIME AT 111 YEARS OLD!...GO HENRY GO!
2.10PM...MUSEUM VISIT OVER...WALKING SHOPS.
3.00PM...BOUGHT NEIL YOUNGS GREATEST HITS...IT SHOULD BE THE FATTEST CD EVER...'CAUSE EVERYTHING HE DOES IS GREAT...SINCE WE HAVE A RENTED CAR WITH A CD PLAYER...WE NOW NEED CD'S.
3.30PM...PUB.
3.40PM...WELL POOR BEER...OUCH.
4.35PM...INDIAN RESTAURANT/TAKE AWAY...BEEF BALTI/RICE/NAN BREADS.
4.55PM...BACK AT LODGE WITH OUR TAKE AWAY MEAL.
5.15PM...THE PLACE AS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY FRENCHIES/A GIRL FROM JAPAN/A CHAP FROM PALISTINE/TWO KIWI'S AND AN IRISH BLOKE...I DUNNO...THESE FORIEGNERS GET EVERYWHERE!
5.30PM...INDIAN MEAL DEVORED...NOT BAD AT ALL.
6.00PM...BOUGHT A BOX OF N ZEALAND WINE...WISH WE HADN'T.
6.40PM...WATCHING TELE WITH A BUNCH OF ALIENS.


10.8.08...DAY TWELVE...
9.20AM...TIME FOR A CUPPA...KETTLE ON.
9.35AM...WE HAVE TWO CUPS OF TEA.
10.00AM...SHOWER.
10.30AM...WEETABIX/CUPPA TEA.
11.00AM...NU GONE TO MUSEUM TO PURCHASE A BOOK SHE SPOTTED YESTERDAY...I'M OFF TO THE SUPERMARKET.
11.25AM...SUPERMARKET...BEEF/PARSNIPS/CARROTS/SWEDE/SPUD...ITS SUNDAY...I'M GONNA DO A ROAST!
12.05PM...LIQUOR SHOP...WHISKEY/BRANDY/COKE.
12.30PM...BACK AT LODGE...NOTICED NU'S PURSE ON BED.
12.40PM...OFF I TROT...PURSE IN POCKET.
1.00PM...MUSEUM...SPOTTED NU STRAIGHT AWAY.
1.05PM...'OH'SHE SAYS'I WONDERED WHERE IT WAS'...THAT WAS IT.
1.20PM...OFF WE SET BACK TO LODGE....NU WITH BOOK PURCHASE IN HAND.
1.50PM...PREPARING VRGGIES...BEEF IN TRAY IN OVEN.
3.30PM...PARSNIPS OVERDONE[BURNT]...TO MUCH SWEDE...BUT MEAL OK.
5.00PM...NU DOING HAND WASHING...I'M READING THE PAPER.
7.00PM...PHONED JEANIE.


11.8.08....DAY THIRTEEN...
8.30AM...PLACES TO GO.
8.50AM...KETTLE ON.
9.00AM...CUPPA TEA.
9.20AM...SHAVE/SHOWER.
9.50AM...WEETABIX/CUPPA COFFEE/MCV DIGESTIVE BICS!
10.40AM...IN CAR ON THE WATY TO BLUFF...32K AWAY...NEIL YOUNG CD PLAYING.
11.10AM...BLUFF...LOOKS DINGY.
11.25AM...BLUFF LOOKOUT POINT...YOU CAN SEE STEWART ISLAND FROM HERE.
12.15PM...BAKERY SHOP/CAFE...NU HAD TWO OYSTERS...CHICKEN/CHEESE/SALAD ROLL FOR ME...CUPPA TEA.
1.10PM...STIRLING POINT...BEACH.
2.00PM...BACK IN CAR...HANDS FROZEN.
2.30PM...DROVE BACK THRU INVERCARGILL[WHERE WE ARE STAYING]...WE ARE HEADING FOR RIVERTON.
3.20PM...RIVERTON HERITAGE MUSEUM...BOUGHT DVD OF MAORI HISTORY.
4.10PM...RIVERTON BEACH...WELL ROCKY.
4.35PM...BACK IN CAR...TO COLD.
5.10PM...BACK AT INVERCARGILL AT OUR LODGE.
5.50PM...CHEESE ON TOAST WITH BRANSTON PICKLE!
6.20PM...WATCHING TELE.


BACK ACHING.

BYE FOR NOWZ.