NZ Trip Day 3

Yesterday I did very little, I slept in till about ten, and then just sat around the house for a few hours – and spent some time chasing bumble-bees round the flowers with my camera, with mixed success…heh

I did go back up to Durie hill to get a better shot of the memorial tower though – I’d tried on one Wednesday, but when I stitched together the parts it always came out bent. Yesterday’s attempt was much better.

Then I went back to the avenue and found a cafe to have some coffee in. I went to the Cracked Pepper, and had a capuccino and a rasberry and white chocolate brownie – which was very, very nice. It was a chocolate fudge brownie with little pieces of white chocolate and rasberries in it…yummy

In the evening we went up to Virginia lake so I could get some photos of the fountain at night. I got a couple of okayish ones, but mostly I moved the camera so much that there’s just a colourful blur against a black background. I’m going to see if I can find a cheap tripod today.

Pictures here

Apart from tripod hunting, today I’m going to head up the para para highway, and depending on how long it looks like it will take me, probably head across the national park, and then back down the desert road. Maybe. We’re going to Estelle’s parents’ for dinner tonight, so I’ll need to be back on time – so I’ll just see how far I get.