Tag: Christchurch
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Sunday 31 January 2010 Highlights: Business Class flight upgrade. A very early start with a 3.50 am alarm and I was off to drop Erin, Jason and Kara at the Christchurch Airport for their 6.25 am flight direct to Melbourne. We had a small problem getting there due to the map not being very accurate…
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Saturday 30 January 2010 Highlights: Thermal Pools at Hanmer Springs, A-League Wellington Phoenix Vs Adelaide Match Our last day of major driving saw us stop off in Hanmer Springs for their famous Thermal Pools. Basically you get to move between a lot of different pools at varying temperatures. The hottest ones smell due to the…
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Saturday 23 January 2010 Highlights: Historic buildings at Oamaru Andrew again today struggled to get up which turned out bad for him as Jason, Erin and Kara were ready early. Our drive out of Christchurch was uneventful even if it rained for the better part of the day. The Highway No. 1 is well made…
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Friday 22 January 2010 Highlights: Harness Racing at Addington Around 8.45 am Erin headed in Andrew and my room to try and wake up Andrew, now this is a very difficult task, some would say near impossible. After Erin yelled his name about 14 times and jumped on the bed she had some success.
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Thursday 21 January 2010 Highlights: Erin’s delight in seeing us after so long away We cleared Customs very quickly. New Zealand treats Australians as residents for Custom purposes so it almost felt like being at home. After clearing Customs we heard ‘Andrew, Andrew’ which was Erin shouting for joy seeing her older brother again after…
