Thursday 14 March 2013

Almost Goodbye New Zealand :(

Here we are in the Copthorne Commodore having our last lunch before we get the flight to Sydney to visit the Hamptons in Wollongong.
We had a good, if long, bus journey yesterday, super views of the mountains and McKenzie Country, the only problem was that I was sitting on the sunny side do got a bit hot and sticky...... But it was the right side to photo the best views ;)
This hotel is a five minute drive from the airport , we had a problem with the first room as water started to pump up out of the drain in the bathroom floor!! There is building work going on to extend the hotel, something went wrong!!!!! However we were soon moved to another room and were very comfortable. The service and food here has been excellent.
This morning we took the bus into what remains of the city centre using complimentary bus tickets. There us a lot of open space where blocks of buildings have been demolished, but they are making a go of things using portable buildings and adapting shipping containers. The temporary mall had a buzz about it, but I was sad to see the devastation. It must be a nightmare to drive in, with lots of roads closed and temporary traffic flow systems.




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