Peaceful-Design Pretend it's now February 6th. My time in New Zealand is drawing to a close - just one month a 2 days before my Visa expires and I my leave my home of the past 9 months. The first thing I did after landing in Auckland was to catch a bus to Thames - …
TRAVELING IN, AROUND AND OUTSIDE OF WELLINGTON – PART 2
Time really flies when you're having fun! I loved my 3 1/2 months living in Wellington - I had public transportation that made it easy to get from my little 'home on the hill' into the CBD (if you didn't mind walking down an extremely steep hill to catch the bus - or back up …
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TRAVELING IN, AROUND AND OUTSIDE OF WELLINGTON – PART I
From October 1st to January 19th, I was based in Wellington - the capital city of New Zealand, where I made my home, most of the time, in a comfy room overlooking the beautiful harbour. But I did venture out from my cozy nest to see and do and house and pet sit during this …
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TIME FLIES – NOW IT’S SUMMER DOWN UNDER!
SOLACE IN THE WIND This metal statue balances on the edge of Wellington harbour. He has a grimace on his face that is hard to interpret. Is he grimacing at the force of the winds that whip this city almost constantly - giving it the name Windy Wellington. (120km just this past week). Sometime it …
WELLINGTON! At the bottom of the North
I left the Coromandel on September 29th and took a bus to Auckland where I overnighted before rising early in the morning of the 30th to catch the Northern Explorer Kiwi Scenic Rail to Wellington. This would be my first time riding Kiwi Rail and being a person who grew up on trains, I was …
THREE MONTHS IN THE COROMANDEL
I arrived at the Auckland airport on the 30th of June where I was met by my next home/pet owners. I always try to arrive a few days before the homeowners depart (this time for a 3-month holiday in the UK). This way I have time to learn how things in the house work, the pet's …
NEW ZELAND! The Land of Two Islands
I have arrived WAY Down Under. The only land mass further south is Antarctica! For the next posts I will be telling you about my time spent exploring and house and pet-sitting on the North Island - but first a bit of New Zealand history. …
My Home on the Roam 