The day had finally arrived where we were to head off to our main-stay of our trip, New Zealand!
After a struggle to wake up at 05.00, we caught a 05.30 taxi to Southern Cross station where we hopped on the 'SkyBus' taking us direct to the Airport, our last flight for 3 months after five flights in five weeks!!
This time, compared to Canberra, we got to the airport with over an hour to spare before we had to start bording the flight. Chaggie, calmly went through bag drop and security with no issues and got themselves a well earned hot drink and some breakfast.
We boarded the plane at 07.40, half an hour later than scheduled, before our flight took off at around 08.30 with a travel time of around 3 and a half hours.
It was a bumpy flight due to plenty of cloud cover around New Zealand (not a good sign!). It was a shocking landing to be honest with you too, it was so bumpy that some of the over head lockers flew open! However, as they say, any landing you walk away from is a good landing! Our hosts for the next few days were Peter and Esther. Peter is an old RNZAF (Royal New Zealand Air Force) buddy of Staggie's Dad, he picked us up and took us to get our car! It wasn't far from their house in Remuera so we were to drive it back to theirs, following Peter! Staggie was to drive it back, no pressure but having never driven an automatic, he needed some help from Peter to actually get going! After Staggie knew how to get the thing moving, we followed Peter back with no issues! We were quite relieved, Staggie felt like he was learning to drive again!
After settling in, Chaggie went out to go and get used to the car as we would begin our trip down to Nelson on Saturday and needed the practice! Chino now had the chance to drive it, as we ventured around Auckland with Staggie's TomTom sat-nav, which will become very useful for us! After about half an hour of driving, Staggie drove it back to Peter and Esthers. No problems at all, but manuals are definately better!
Peter and Esthers daughter, Sarah, then took us out to eat with her mate, at a place called 'BurgerFuel' which, she said, do the best burgers. She was probably right! They were superb! After eating, we went to get a beer at a bar but Chaggie were rejected as in New
Zealand, they can't accept non NZ or Aus driving licences as ID! Only passports! We felt underage! Sarah then took us under a huge Christmas tree made purely of lights, then had some beers at the top of a small mountain over looking Auckland. Shame it was so foggy we couldn't see anything! Nevermind, it was a good first evening out. We got back at around 23.00 and collapsed on the bed. A very long day, but our New Zealand adventure has officially started! Get in!!
Chaggie x
After a struggle to wake up at 05.00, we caught a 05.30 taxi to Southern Cross station where we hopped on the 'SkyBus' taking us direct to the Airport, our last flight for 3 months after five flights in five weeks!!
This time, compared to Canberra, we got to the airport with over an hour to spare before we had to start bording the flight. Chaggie, calmly went through bag drop and security with no issues and got themselves a well earned hot drink and some breakfast.
We boarded the plane at 07.40, half an hour later than scheduled, before our flight took off at around 08.30 with a travel time of around 3 and a half hours.
It was a bumpy flight due to plenty of cloud cover around New Zealand (not a good sign!). It was a shocking landing to be honest with you too, it was so bumpy that some of the over head lockers flew open! However, as they say, any landing you walk away from is a good landing! Our hosts for the next few days were Peter and Esther. Peter is an old RNZAF (Royal New Zealand Air Force) buddy of Staggie's Dad, he picked us up and took us to get our car! It wasn't far from their house in Remuera so we were to drive it back to theirs, following Peter! Staggie was to drive it back, no pressure but having never driven an automatic, he needed some help from Peter to actually get going! After Staggie knew how to get the thing moving, we followed Peter back with no issues! We were quite relieved, Staggie felt like he was learning to drive again!
After settling in, Chaggie went out to go and get used to the car as we would begin our trip down to Nelson on Saturday and needed the practice! Chino now had the chance to drive it, as we ventured around Auckland with Staggie's TomTom sat-nav, which will become very useful for us! After about half an hour of driving, Staggie drove it back to Peter and Esthers. No problems at all, but manuals are definately better!
Peter and Esthers daughter, Sarah, then took us out to eat with her mate, at a place called 'BurgerFuel' which, she said, do the best burgers. She was probably right! They were superb! After eating, we went to get a beer at a bar but Chaggie were rejected as in New
Zealand, they can't accept non NZ or Aus driving licences as ID! Only passports! We felt underage! Sarah then took us under a huge Christmas tree made purely of lights, then had some beers at the top of a small mountain over looking Auckland. Shame it was so foggy we couldn't see anything! Nevermind, it was a good first evening out. We got back at around 23.00 and collapsed on the bed. A very long day, but our New Zealand adventure has officially started! Get in!!Chaggie x
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