Hello !I'm writing to you from a little cafe in Christchurch, New Zealand! Its a beautiful crisp 11c autumn day. Last Thursday I took a day trip to Port Arthur, yet another ex-convict site in Tasmania. We kept managing to find the most picturesque places to put our petty criminals.   Would you rather: Get sent to Australia and do hard labour here for 7 years OR live in Milton Keynes for 1 week?   White choc & Lavender ice cream at a Lavender farm, yum!  I wore a hole in the back of my shirt cause my rucksack is too heavy & patched it up with this floral print. On Friday I was going to go to MONA, a museum in Hobart run by an eccentric gambling millionaire. As I was walking to catch the camo wrapped ferry, I realised I had no tickets... Turns out i booked them for Thursday :( I managed to hop on the bus north to Devonport thanks to some no shows & had a quiet night before rising early for the Saturday ferry. I spent most of the 8 hrs on the ferry nattering to a lovely aussie couple who ended up even buying me dinner on the ferry! How lovely. I had a chilled out day in Melbourne on Sunday, eating a lot of Chinese food & visiting the Chinese museum. A very Chinese day.  A replica seismoscope. Originally invented in China around 50AD. A ball drops out of the dragon's mouth to indicate where the earthquake is coming from Monday was the day I caught a flight to Queenstown, New Zealand. I'm happy to be moving on from Australia. It got a bit tough to meet people towards the end of the trip. I sat in the lounge before the flight, courtesy of the lounge pass from Drew (thank you drew), and decided to do a wine tasting of all the free wine. When in Rome! Nothing was quite to my taste, but I was tipsy enough to be called on the tannoy as I was late to the gate. The flight in was perhaps one of the most picturesque I've ever taken, passing over the rugged Fiordland National Park & landing in a valley north of Queenstown.  The mountains of the Fiordlands   On Tues I caught the bus straight to Christchurch to meet someone with whom I plan to share a car rental over the next few weeks. As I write this I am sat in a cafe waiting to be picked up. Let's hope we all get on!  This bloke is following me around New Zealand and stands outside every 4 square supermarket telling me which town I'm in. Someone send help  Tram! I'm happy now  A pub in an old church in which I had 5 pints last night with some brits from the hostel. Paracetamol and lots of water are in order today! Bye for now! P.S. P.P.S |
