Aspen On King Timaru

... onto Diamond Harbour, both of which were really stunning, unfortunately i had a fight with the camera and lost all our pictures. In general people have been so kind, workmates have been great and we spent easter sunday with an Irish girl i work with and 7 of our workmates. She cooked a great roast dinner, the best dinner we have had had since we left!! I also had my first work ...

... that night and couldn't get to sleep until 6:30am, but definetely having a really good night saying goodbye to some good friends. jet boating was an extreme adrenaline rush, and although it was quite a bit of money for such a short activity, i would highly recommend it to everyone. the captains are amazing driver and you you within inches of rock walls at full speed, pull 360 degree turns on a dime, and drive up rivers so ...

... button for extra Ooomph going uphill!! So we thought we'd made a good purchase! We put 4 new tyres on immediately as they weren't looking too good. The following week, having slept in the car in a quiet spot down a side road we woke to find the battery flat so after several attempts to push start it, and Pete getting soggy feet pushing through a puddle a nice man passed, rolled up his sleeves to help push, then informed us you can't push-start an ...

... the bus again, we had out morning tea, great muffins!!! i looove muffins! took some photos of us al and then took off through canterbury plains towards Christchurch, where it all began a week ago. we all settled in at the hotel, four of us in 2 big double beds. i did some laundry and went to the internet. had a shower and a nap and got dressed for the big dinenr out. the dinner was all of us together, the people staying on the bus and the ...

... can't get it right. Once she's done her lunch, she comes up to me and says, "you're new aren't you? "yes ma'am" "well, you should have someone with you because you don't know what you're doing."...Ummm COW! But before I got upset, I thought to myself "No. Don't let some bitter awful person ruin your day. Karma will have it's way" So I just let it roll off my back. Christmas and New Years were great! For Christmas, the neighbors, Chet, and Steve (landlords) all came over for a bbq ...

... we continued on a nice walk up and along the cliff top West of the city. When we returned, we made our way to the festival ground. The festival consisted of a number of old fair ground rides (apparently a number of the bigger rides were absent this year), food stalls and other attractions. Twice each day there was also a free concert and we managed to catch the afternoon showing for one day. The show consisted of two acts from local artists of differing levels of fame. It was ...

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Though we only stayed in Timaru one evening, we were delighted that the town of Timaru had a designated spot for freedom camping with bathrooms. Woo hoo Timaru! We would've stayed longer, but we were on a mission to pick up our visas for Vietnam in Christchurch before the travel agency closed down for the holidays.

Kristi- "One memory I ...

... we arrived into Oamaru and took a walk around the town to stretch our legs for a bit. We had already been here at the beginning of our trip, and there isn't too much to see, so we didn't stay very long. We bought some books to keep us occupied on our travels and headed on up the road. We didn't see any place to squat camp along the way so we decided to continue on up to Timaru and try our luck near the beaches. We didn't find any ...

... to leave and the door opens. I did not wait the 10 minutes to see what happens when your time is up but I was tempted. Kiwi toilts all pretty much have a raised tank and flush enthusiastically when the button on the tank is pushed. Some toilets have a half flush and a full one. The is litter in New Zealand and sheep. There re 40 million sheep or 10 for each person. Or as one kiwi said 20 sheep for each bloke.

... had put a beach with some rocks on it on a piece of plastic that people rarely properly look at. So I was pleasantly surprised to find it was an actual place, and apparently worth a visit. For a cold weekday in June, there was a surprisingly large amount of people on the beach. I'd put on a hoodie, my winter coat, gloves and scarf, and I was still cold, even though the sun was out. The Moeraki Boulders represent ...