New Zealand!!! PART 1

Back from New Zealand. After a long awaited trip it definitely did not disappoint. Firstly a massive thanks to Jasmin for sticking up with me for 2 weeks and inviting me in the first place. Considering we haven't known each other all that long i thought we did well putting up with each other especially as we were around each other 24/7. But we had lots of fun!

Where to begin? The start would probably be best. The flight was uneventful however i am still surprised at how long it takes to fly to NZ from Australia. Its further than you think. Anyways upon landing in Dunedin i was suddenly surrounded by luscious green valleys. A nice change in scenery to the dry, isolated, often half burning Perth! A small city on the coast it was beautiful from up on the rolling hills that surrounded it.

After a quick go down the golf range and a bit of sightseeing a celebratory catch up drink was in order.

We went out and stayed till closing time. It just so happened that we become friendly with the barman and he started mixing us some drinks and conveniently forgot to charge us! Free shots! Yummy!

Windy!!

The next 2 days held pretty much the same routine, minus the free drinks. More sightseeing and shopping and having fun during the day and catching up on drink time at night. Jasmin's lovely gran quickly picked up on our pattern and gave us a brief telling off. But she was so nice about it. We did leave all our pre-drink bottlecaps on the windowsill so i can see how she was concerned.

We soon hit the road for our week long trip away from 'home' in Dunedin. Wanaka was our destination; to spend a night with Jasmin's uncle and family. When we arrived we headed straight to the winery where he worked. Wow. Its all i can say. Judge for yourself... you seriously wouldn't mind seeing this scenery every day at work.

A trip down to the little beach on the lake was fun and after entertaining Jasmin's adorable cousin for the afternoon we headed out... again. We played a few games of pool, the first of many on our travels. An audience of two old couples sat watching us and were thoroughly entertained. In fact they enjoyed it so much one of them stopped and asked to take a snap of us on the way out. Hilarious. Afterwards we hit the club. I say club as i swear its the only one in town.

We hung around the next day and done a little bit more child minding whilst we let our hangovers subside before setting off towards Queenstown.

To be continued...

Other cool pics:

Dundedin Train Station

Beautiful Coast

Breaking the silence...

It's been a while and for that i apologise. Meh... Its been a busy month. Working full time over Christmas with only a handful of days off, whilst entertaining the grandparents and various people throughout the festive holidays! Been saving hard, and am nearly ready for a fantastic time in New Zealand. (Cue a far too excited facial expression)

Lets do this in chronological order...

Had a nice family Xmas. Nan and Grandad providing plenty of entertainment throughout.

Nan still acting like a child at Xmas.

Grandad was clearly just as excited..

For New Years i managed to get a few days off to go down to Margaret River for the weekend. What a great weekend! The 5 of us stayed in a little shack 5 minutes from the beautiful and prestigious surf beaches.

For New Years we were joined by a few more friends and played drinking games all night, barely stopping to celebrate the coming of another year. The next day provided a much needed recovery in the sun and a paddle in the river.

Synchronised attempted handstand

Reece volunteered to be buried alive!

Er, where are you guys going?

Keisha on the bus

When i woke the next day, i was no longer a teenager. 20 years of age, i went on a great tour bus ride around the many wineries with tom and keisha and we had a tiring but fun day sampling far too much wine, cheese and chocolate! yummy!!

A great view from one of the wineries.

Since then its been back to work. Apart from that I've started playing football again, and now along with my group sessions i train 5 times a week. Phew! 'Why?' you might ask. Well I'm trying to get myself fit to join the police, as its the only thing i can improve. Well, i cant go changing my personality. After completing a two day first aid course next week i hand in my application to the WA Police Force! And then keep my fingers crossed. eek!

Thanks Tom and Keisha for a wonderful weekend!