Carillon Motor Inn Wellington

We spent some downtime watching movies at home on Monday night after a busy and fun-filled weekend. Liz and Danny went and rented The Hannah Montana Movie and PS I Love You and we had a wonderful evening watching chick flicks. We were appreciative of this down time because on Sunday night, we met with some of our co-workers for what they called a private party at the bar that we'd worked at all weekend. It wasn't really a private party, but that's what all the kids told the ...

... is getting better. Even more so when we finally see the massive wall of ice that cut these towering walls with only weight and time against ancient rock. When all other glaciers in New Zealand are receding Franz Joseph and Fox Glacier are in fact growing. This is due to the extremely high amounts of precipitation falling as snow on the mountain range above us. From where we were standing in the glacier carved valley of Franz Joseph, a clear ...

... Richmond - a casual position working for a mental health support team - addiction, depression etc etc. Includes outreach & residential support positions & they have offices and services across both islands, which could be helpful for travelling (when I actually get my police check through that is).

Yesterday I was offered and accepted a position as a nanny! When I tell people, they laugh, but I can't figure out why??? The ...

... couple of days!) We then walked along the shop front before deciding we were going to have a night out as we were parked up in the centre of town. The next day with a hangover we lazily wandered around the museum of New Zealand, Te Papa, which is massive and has loads of interactive features, all for free!

We are still in Wellington now and will catch the interisland ferry over to Picton (South Island) tomorrow.

... hoping the weather would be on our side. Unfortunately for me the weather let me down last minute but those who did manage to do the sky dive were buzzing. If I get another chance I'll definitely go for it. The night was one of the best ones of my trip. It wasn't just the fact that my glass was constantly being topped up by the group, but also the lengths everyone went to to make the night as good as it could be. It goes to show how close everyone has become...

... hostel, stored my bags, and set out to explore Wellington. As the nation's capital and major port, it is a beautiful waterfront city with hill front suburbia. It was easy to figure out the city blocks and it was another gorgeous day for weather. It has started to get a little chilly, but still sunny high 60's, a great Early Fall day. I walked to a main shopping/dining district on Cuba Street, then grabbed the cable car for a trek around the Botanical Gardens. I roamed over to the ...

... Then we went around to Tasman Valley and went up the hill to the glacier viewpoint. A large section of the face of the glacier had just fallen off, narrowly missing a kayaker paddling in the lake! Thursday 5th February Glentanner to Queenstown Left around 10 and stopped at Omarama for brekkie. Did a few stops along the way at Lake Dunston, Roaring Meg - a river I'd previously body boarded in - and the A J Hackett bungy site over the river and NO, I didn't do one.... Checked in to ...

... of the Super 14 season(rugby union) between the local side the Wellington Hurricanes and the Waratahs from OZ. I manage to grab some especially delicious sushi for my tea before he arrives. On the way to the game I spot a sign advertising a fun run for the next day, I've seen it before and hadn't taken much notice as it was happening on the day I was leaving Wellington and I wasn't really into doing a 7k fun run anyway. This time however I notice ...

... a little, and I think that's just part of it and that's okay..... I'm hanging out to see Carla and Noah in Auckland... it's been too long, and it'll be awesome to catch up with the other beautiful people I know up there. In order to do that I should probably go get that plane that's out there waiting for me to get on....

xxx

(PS one giant resounding QUACK for my duckie - yes folks it's an insider thing....)

... worden (Bitte kein Kommentar, Elmar!). War ein teurer Spaß! Ich weiß nicht, wie oft ich in meinem Leben schon die ernüchterte Feststellung machen durfte, dass Papa dieses eine Gen wohl doch für sich behalten hat. Ich werd's aber weiter versuchen... Wir können jedenfalls wohl zu Recht behaupten, jetzt jeden einzelnen Kamera Shop in Wellington zu kennen und waren froh, als wir beide nach 3 Tagen mit funktionierenden neuen Knipsmaschinchen endlich die Stadt verlassen ...