New Zealand
Rotarua
Auckland, Rotorua, Queenstown, Wanaka, Bay of Islands, North Island, South Island, snowboarding, mountain biking, swimming, walking, talking, rain, sun, wind, snow, parties, barbeques, beer, wine, cars, planes and a bit of everything else. Well it’s been a while, what’s the excuse? Well you know how it is - we’re still in Auckland working, living and generally enjoying New Zealand. The months just seem to be flying past. We’ve been away 10 months now.
Day 10 in the Big Brother house
Someone stole my f**kin biscuits. Ahhh - the joys of shared accommodation. We’ve been living in Auckland for over a month and things are going good. The area we live in is cool - loads of trendy bars. I fit right in no? I’ve been working for the past couple of weeks, doing contract work for a little company downtown. The house is sweet, just a bit odd sharing with a bunch of students. Get a job, pot head slackers. Only kidding - a mixed bag of flat mates, some are cool some are, well you know. Mind you, it’s probably no walk in the park for them seeing me shambling around of a morning.
Birthday White Russians
Then we went boozing in the Minus 5 bar, “a unique experience that will chill your bones and delight your senses.” Don’t know about that but it was feckin cold. You get kitted out in enormous Parkas and fur booties, then you go into this bar that’s made from ice, ice seats, ice tables, even the glasses you drink from are made from ice. Felt pretty Russian so you’ve guessed it, we had a White Russian. It’s a wee bit different, and for some reason drinking in the cold seems to get you more wrecked than normal.
Arriving in Auckland
So, as you may be aware we’re kind of running a bit behind on the old weblog. Our last update was the 15th of May. The hustle and bustle of finding a job/flat/furniture has taken over a bit. When you rent a room in Auckland it comes unfurnished, so we’ve had the pleasure of tracking down beds etc… New Zealand is cool; it’s been raining like crazy though. ‘Four seasons in one day’, hmmmmm - sounds like somewhere else I know.
Whitianga and the Coromandel
We spent the day walking along the beach in the sunshine, pretty nice for the middle of winter. Decided to take a longer walk on the Sunday around an old gold mining area called Broken Hills. The walk starts as a bush walk up a steep hill to a lookout over the surrounding hills and out to the coast. Then you wind down off the hill and into a valley, where you come across the entrance to an old abandoned gold mine. Through here you walk 500m under the hill and out the other side. Very cool but a bit scary, nobody else around and did anyone know we were here? Hmmm. The walk is called Collins Drive, in case anyone reading this is in New Zealand.
