Packed up and out the door by 7.00am and down to the Wellington Train Station to catch the Northern Explorer train. This train service runs from Wellington to Auckland and vice versa about three times a week. We reckon it is all the same rolling stock and what they do is just turn it around … More Wellington to Hamilton via Train – 31st March 2019

Up bright and early as we had a booking for a tour out at Weta Studios. Our original plan was do a tour of the Parliamentary buildings but due to the Christchurch massacre, the country went into two weeks of mourning and the tours were ceased. So hence, our change in plans. It was a … More Wellington, Day 3 of 3 – 30th March 2019

Another day of being Tommy the Tourist and magnificent travelling weather. After yesterday’s miles of walking it took us until 10.30am to get going again. Our plan was to walk down to the waterfront which was two blocks away from our accommodation and visit the Te Papa Museum. The walk was very easy as there … More Wellington, Day 2 of 3 – 29th March 2019

The gods are looking favourably upon us as we had the most perfect walking weather today. It was a high of +18c with sunny periods and some clouds – absolutely spiffing!!! We were certainly a bit slow off the mark as didn’t make it out the door until 10.30am. We are blaming the jet lag. … More Wellington, Day 1 of 3 – 28th March 2019

Up at 5.45am to be able to catch the 9.10am flight to Wellington – way too early for us. We were zombies navigating our way out of the apartment and thankfully Barb was more awake than us to drive us to the airport. What would we do without our mums to help us out even … More New Zealand Bound – 27th March 2019

After 160 days in Australia it is now time to squeeze all our belongings into our bags in preparation for heading off to Wellington, New Zealand tomorrow at the ungodly hour of having to arise at 6.00am. It has been a great trip reconnecting with all of our friends, family and the sunburnt country of … More Penultimate Day – 26th March 2019

We had a few tasks to do today and they involved another few sad goodbyes. The first was to go out to Aunty Jen’s nursing home and help Barb clean up her porch area and stock up supplies for the cat as Barb is off to Japan for twelve days in mid April. Had a … More Mums Day – 25th March 2019

After a late night it  would have been nice for the retirees to have a sleep in but we had organised to take the Evans/Nenert family out for breakfast to a great café called the Train Station. After filling our boots with smashed avo, it was suggested that maybe the cars needed a wash and … More Family Day – 23rd March 2019

Nothing to report of significance except to say that starting your day having breakfast out the porch is the only way to go. Belinda had today off but even so she still had to work from home. Reckon we should spring her for a new desk. She had a pretty heavy business call and took … More Rest Day – 22nd March 2019

Today started for us with an appointment with a tax guy who we needed to get some info off regarding our status as Canadian Citizens. He spent nearly three hours telling us how he could manage our wealth at an exhorbitant cost but not tell us what we specifically came in for. We walked out … More AFL – 21st March 2019