New Zealand
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Day 355 – Meeting Kiwi family
A slow morning We leave the apartment after midday and head to The Fiddler One of the sad things we’ve found is that New Zealand doesn’t seem to offer pints; instead, they just name them as such but actually only serve around 425ml! However, Dave discovered that this Irish pub is one of the few…
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Day 354 – Saturday Britomarket
Today, there’s a market on in the Britomarket area of the city It’s a collection of knick-knack, food and fresh produce stalls We pick up a raisin and cream pastry to fuel our meanderings (see the featured image) Still recovering, we have another mostly lazy day For dinner, we have pie, homemade mash and veggies…
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Day 353 – Park and comedy
Today, we’re feeling a bit more energised so venture out and have Macca’s (Maccie’s) for some lunch We realise that nearby is some green space: Albert Park It’s rather steep up to it but nice to explore; sadly, native animals, like Possums, are not warmly welcomed so there’s a few warning for bait traps in…
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Day 352 – Dunkin’ triple D
A leisurely wake up and enticed out of the apartment with an admin job: sorting New Zealand SIMs for each of us To get us going, we pick up a coffee and donut deal to power us while having a little wander around the CBD Popping into a few technology shops, including JB HiFi which…
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Day 351 – 18 hours of rest
Today… we wake up about 3pm ???? at least that gives us about 3 hours of daylight We get up and try and get some fresh air and explore a little to try to get our bearings of the area Making sure we have some food, we pop to Arbung Thai Street Food to share…
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Day 350 – Land ho!
We are able to board and get settled with an efficient take off and dinner is served not too long after Next, we try and doze to get through the 12.5 hours of this flight – Daisy is more successful than Dave We are provided some more food in order to try and make sense…