Today, then, has been relaxed and quiet after our frenetic day yesterday. We found Richard in a cafe at the station and he drove us and our ridiculously hefty bags back to his and Ansie's house. We arrived back, and nearly everyone was up and about, despite it being 6.30 in the morning!
We were intorduced to Brad and Licelle and then we all set about making breakfast, which we ate outside on the patio surrounded by palm trees and ferns. After our leisurely breakfast, we cleaned up and looked over maps of the area to sort an itinery out for the next couple of days.
Later (about 10) Richard, Ansie, Alex and I set off on a car trip around the area so that we could get a feel for it without collapsing from exhaustion halfway through the trip due to our disturbed night! We went to Victoria Point, out to Cleveland and up to Wellington Point where we admired the giant bunyan fig trees growing their roots down into the ground from the upper branches and munched on icecreams. We watched some amateur fishers catch a whiting and a blowfish and they, being friendly Australians, immediately wished us a good trip and recommended places to go. We tootled back to Redland Bay via the farm fresh fruit stall and the chouk farm for eggs, and also, the best fish shop this side of Brisbane. I mentioned, in passing, how I had started to eat fish in NZ and had once tried a prawn in Spain...and this was a catalyst for buying enough different fish varieties to feed us all every night for the next week.
We had naps when we got back as we were both falling asleep on our feet, and now we've just sorted our plans and updated everything. New pictures are up on Flickr! Enjoy! Comment, let us know what you think!
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To follow the adventures of Alex and Emily as they journey through the Southern Hemisphere, as well as to save money on phone bills and prove we have not been eaten by sharks.
The Trip So Far
So far, we have trawled accross North Island, relaxing in hot pools on the beach in Kawhia, smelling the Sulphur in Rotorua, Caving in Waitomo, waiting out the rain in Taupo and snowboarding the day away on Mt. Ruapehu.
We crossed to the South Island and went round the West Coast, stopping in Nelson for quadbiking, Westport for seals, Greymouth for the best fish and chips ever. Fox glacier for an icy hike, Mt Cook, Queenstown, cruising round Milford Sounds, getting academic in Christchurch and onwards to kayak Abel Tasman.
Back in North Island and through Napier, sunning ourselves on the beach in the Coromandel, zipping on to Northland, seeing the Hundertwasser toilets and relaxing by the sea in Paihia, finishing back in Auckland.
Now we have no car, and very little money. We are living in a tent in Hastings and there are no jobs to be had. It is thunderstorming. Times were bad.
However, we made it back to Auckland, feasted for the entire Christmas period and then moved onto Melbourne, Australia for New Years Eve! We trained it up to Sydney for the obligatory tourist visit and then went further up the coast to Brisbane. We stayed with Emily's Uncle and Aunt and went all urban, then moved on to Melany to stay with Alex's Aunt and Uncle in the mountains. Now its time to leave and return to Pomgolia, with its freezing temperatures and grey skies. Doh.
We crossed to the South Island and went round the West Coast, stopping in Nelson for quadbiking, Westport for seals, Greymouth for the best fish and chips ever. Fox glacier for an icy hike, Mt Cook, Queenstown, cruising round Milford Sounds, getting academic in Christchurch and onwards to kayak Abel Tasman.
Back in North Island and through Napier, sunning ourselves on the beach in the Coromandel, zipping on to Northland, seeing the Hundertwasser toilets and relaxing by the sea in Paihia, finishing back in Auckland.
Now we have no car, and very little money. We are living in a tent in Hastings and there are no jobs to be had. It is thunderstorming. Times were bad.
However, we made it back to Auckland, feasted for the entire Christmas period and then moved onto Melbourne, Australia for New Years Eve! We trained it up to Sydney for the obligatory tourist visit and then went further up the coast to Brisbane. We stayed with Emily's Uncle and Aunt and went all urban, then moved on to Melany to stay with Alex's Aunt and Uncle in the mountains. Now its time to leave and return to Pomgolia, with its freezing temperatures and grey skies. Doh.
1 comment:
so envious of you and your travels.
What no cricket!
enjoy!
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