Thursday, August 30, 2007

Overnight in Wellington


We both had a junket down in our capitol city this week curtesy of our respective employers...so we made the most of a night away together and went for cocktails then curry at Great India which is the greatest indian restaurant in New Zealand, that is because all the chefs are from Leicester!!


Sunday, August 26, 2007

All Hallows

As its Sunday I thought I would add a photo of our local very typlical kiwi church, just 2 doors down from our house at the end of the street

Pumpkin Patch

My new job is with Pumpkin Patch I am the National Visual Manager for NZ

So all you expectant parents, parents, aunts, uncles or grandparents get yourself down to PP and buy stuff to keep me in a job...as you can see its all lovely, they do boys, maternity and teen girls too.


Saturday, August 25, 2007

South Island

Working for Pumpkin Patch does have its advantages - This week I spent 4 days in the South Island visiting the stores in Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill & Queenstown
The flight into Christchurch over the Southern Alps gives you a great sense of the vast uninhabited south



Cathedral Square - Christchurch

Some New Zealand farmland, mountains, lakes and lambs on the journey between Invercargill in the far south up to Queenstown the adventure and skiing capitol of the south island




















View from the shop window of Lake Wakatipu with The Remarkables in the background - Queenstown







Not a bad place to spend the day at work!

Monday, August 20, 2007

Sunday on the West Coast

Here's Jo amidst the swirling sands of Te Henga/ Bethells Beach.















Michael investigates the neighbouring O'Neils Beach.




A silvereye snacks on flame tree.