What with the bed going down overnight again by about
70% which made it most uncomfortable whilst Noel’s little Acer computer was
playing up with the outlook programme which was able to send messages but not
to receive and he was not sure whether this was due to the v
ery, very slow
internet speeds which cause the problem.
So first thing off we went to Dunedin town and dropped
off the pc at repaid shop and then on to a café for a full English breakfast, it’s
had to be done, and then found an internet café where we could investigate what
was available as a replacement bed as we cannot see the problem the current one
except it keeps going down. We decided to avoid the el’cheapo beds and in the
end found a Colman queen size which was being sold with a large discount as its
getting near to the end of season.
From there we took a trip along the coast and out top
Port Chalmers where our friends cruise ship was due to dock today and it was
there in all its glory on a wet and windy Dunedin. We too some photos then
watched the birds cracking what looked like oyster shells by dropping them from
about twenty feet which should be enough to crack rather than smash them. On
the way back to town the computer shop called to say it was fixed but then when
discussing there was a couple of problems to be fixed and so it would not be
ready until around four pm so en route we stopped for some lunch of iced coffee
complete with ice cream and a large chunk of carrot cake, and both were really
excellent. Then some final shopping in New World supermarket to cover our food
needs for a couple of days. Dunedin was quite busy with the cruise ship people
and of course this is a University town which means lots of young people and a
huge choice of food takeaway joints. It is also home to the steepest street in
the world they say, we saw it last time we were here but not this as we had
stuff to do.
We collected to computer and headed back to Portobello
Caravan park and was nay shocked to see what looked like a converted cattle
truck ( photo to follow) with windows called Rotel something or other but later
on a large coach turned up containing loads of Germans, we think East Germany,
and mostly older folk at that who the slept the night in the large truck on
wheels, most odd and we hate to think how large the bedrooms are as they looked
miniscule based on the window size. The back of the truck was also the kitchen
and then they produced benches and tables and pulled tarpaulins out from the
roof and they all sat under the tarpaulins and had their dinner then climbed in
to what must be very small rooms. There must have been around 25 people and it
must have been most uncomfortable.
We enjoyed our ham salad which was washed down with a
nice cuppa and then drove down the coast and watched the mist come down and
Jennifer read a book and Noel caught up on some iPod music.
Tomorrow we leave for Te Aneu which is about a four
hour drive, give or take.
