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We made it to New Zealand!
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After a 3 hour flight and, you guessed it, more food (this time "lunch" - bearing in mind it is only 8.30am in the morning in Perth), we arrived in Wellington. We went through customs at which point Natalie received a formal warning from the New Zealand Government for not having declared that she had hiking boots in her luggage. The nice customs people even cleaned her shoes as part of the formal warning process!!!! Oops. We then went to find our hire car. The Apex Rental company collected us and took us to the Wellington Depot where we were provided with our own personal Nissan Sunny......like a Corolla, but not!
Next, the adventure began. We drove north east from Wellington to Peka Peka Beach, about 1 hour and 15mins away. Here we met with Helen and Frtiz Eisenhofer at Sol-d-Mer. This is an amazing dome solar house, made of glass and very cosy. Natalie was meeting with Fritz on behalf of JCF, to try and see if Fritz can help some people in Albany build something similar near WhaleWorld. Once there are photos available, I will add them to this site and you will be impressed with this place! Anyway, after a tour, a chat, a bottle of wine and some copying of photos, we hopped back into our Sunny and drove back to Wellington.
We took a while trying to navigate Wellington streets, and the fact that there are many, many Quest apartment complexes in Wellington (maybe 16!).......we finally found no. 120 The Terrace. A two bedroom (including King bed for Natalie) apartment with fabulous views. Given we'd now had minimal sleep, we were a little tired but hungry so we found dinner across the road at "Caucus" at the Novotel. Yes, the entire menu is themed as if you were a piece of legislation, trying to pass through Parliament, including second reading speech and the like. Each to their own! After some food and chat, it was lights out..... More thumbnails ...
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