High Country Holiday Lodge Timaru

... of me with the Dog. With that I HAD to get back up there and have my photo with him. Man if felt good and cool to think its the same statue, same place, seen so many thousands of people and here I am, back with it again all these years later, very cool moment. Checked out the Church as I dont remember going inside last time. This time it was open, a few people around, very windy so the old Church was creaking big time but standing strong against the prevailing ...

... take us into their homes for the night. There were 9 of us there, and we split up into houses in groups of 2 or 3. While the worship team was practicing, Gordon drove our team to Pack-n-Save where we went grocery shopping. We bought noodles, tomato sauce, meat, bread, fruit, and a few biscuits (cookies) all for NZ $38, and we cooked it all at the church sharing with the other teams. Then, Kathryn and I went home with a single woman named Stephanie.

... D. The next morning we spent a fair bit of time re-packing most of the bags as once we drove away from Lake Tekapo our next stop would be the Christchurch Airport. There we would be checking them in and we wanted to make sure everything would arrive safely back in Oslo (barring any lost luggage of course ;)). But before we left Lake Tekapo we had a wander around the area again as in daylight it was ...

Queenstownista lähdettiin aamulla kello 08.05 kohti Lake Tekapoa ja olipa muuten kylmä! Asteita about 10c ja vuorilla pyrytti jo komeasti luntakin, että viime hetkillä nyt paettiin paikalta. Tämä Queenstownhan on paikallista "lappia" ja täällä on nyt paikallinen syyskuu, joten ei mikään ihme jos alkaa säät pikkuhiljaa kylmenemään. Täällä Uudessa-Seelannissa ei muuten todellakaan lähdetä lomalle etelään niin kuin Suomessa, vaan pohjoiseen ...ellet sitten välttämättä halua ...

... explore the lakeside. However, the wind ushered in patches of cloud, which did not auger well for clear, crisp photographic recordings of the area's natural beauty. Vanessa was not keen on tramping, so we drove up to the observatory where we had coffee and cheesecake while admiring the views. Back in Lake Tekapo we spent the ...

... well located by the lake side, but the facilities were not that great. After we sorted that out, we drove back a bit to the very picturesque Church of the Good Shepherd, this is a cute little Church right by the lake side perfect for beautiful, if a bit kitsch, pictures. This is probably the most photagraphed Church in New Zealand, and that was immediatelly clear, there were loads of people around, and in fact it was very difficult to make good pictures ...

After leaving Christchurch, and with no luck in finding work there we left for Wanaka and or Queenstown! There we would at least only be hours drive to the slopes and we could go whenever we wanted! We stopped one more night near the ocean before heading inland to the mountains! We stayed at Patiti Point, which we ended up finding out was a beautiful white sand beach and a decent surf break ...

Oamaru was great, with its historical precinct and penguins and seals, but we ran out of turf very quickly so back to Timaru we returned. We're returning the car at Christchurch today. Long drive ahead. Going for a second round of Scared Scriptless tonight, this time Marten's coming along. Byebye Timaru. Byebye Greenpeace. Byebye work ...

... fun. In the morning, we headed into town, and I bought us breakfast. We were both a little freaked out by Timaru. It was like a ghost town on that Monday morning. Shops were open, but there didn't seem to be anyone inside. Nor was there anyone on the streets. It was creepy. We decided it was time to get the hell out of Dodge. Ed was headed south, me north, and on that cold morning in the ghost town of Timaru, we parted ways.