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Lakes, hills, and more glorious weather.

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Last day tomorrow and it looks like the weather may abandon us.

Had a much better ride last night - about 40Ks all up - and whilst the ride this morning was short it produced some nice photos which I'll try to post tonight.

And breakfast with the Mob was also very pleasant.

nevryn's recent posts about the Great Ocean Road reminded me of my own tour through there so I've updated my photo index post to include the relatively few photos I took on that tour.

Since the LJ layout I'm now using lets me use a post as a guest book for the journal, its now up there on the menu bar as "Places I've Been".

And because I can get to it so easily it may grow links to other photo rich posts over time. :)

Up until now my solution for grocery shopping has been to strap a milk crate to the top of a pannier and sit most of the groceries in that. This was OK but had several problems.

1. I had to keep a careful eye on how much I was buying as I wouldn't know until got outside if I could load it up. I never actually exceeded the limit but I came nervously close on several occasions.
2. I had to load the pannier and crate very carefully.
3. The way that the checkout staff bagged the items usually didn't match the way I needed to pack.

I've been thinking about trailers for a while so today I borrowed a Croozer Cargo trailer and gave it a test run. And then promptly bought it. :)


I have photos to accompany this review but LJ is being difficult tonight with uploads so I may add them tomorrow.

EDIT: Some photos beneath this cut


NB: Clicking on the photo will open up a larger version.

Well I'm back home and feeling much better after a good nights sleep.

One of the messages on my mobile was from my manager asking me to take Monday off because I won't have a desk again until Tuesday. Plans were afoot to move the project back to the main building before I left, obviously there's been a minor delay. 

This has been one of the best holidays I've ever had; I am so doing this again as soon as I can manage it!

Commentary on the day 18 & 19 photos can be found at Day 18 - Manapouri to Otautau and Day 19 - Otautau to Invercargill

Hopefully I'll process some more of the photos later today but I might have to do some domestic stuff like acquiring food 1st. And that may require reassembling the trike so I can get to the shops, etc...

Photos that is. :)

I did go to the Art Gallery and wandered around the arts precinct this morning but the weather is generally cold and wet so I came back to the hotel after lunch

So, without further ado, the following photos are now up:

Day 12 - Wanaka to Queenstown
Day 13 - Queenstown and the TSS Earnslaw
Day 14 - Queenstown, Shotover Jet, and Lugeing

It appears that I didn't take any photos the next day, so the next batch of photos will be for Day 16.

I've got high speed internet and I'm not afraid to use it!

Follow the links to the photos for Day 7 - Franz Josef to Fox Glacier, Day 8 - Fox Glacier, & Day 9 - Fox Glacier to Haast.

NB: The image beneath the cut may disturb or offend.

Several photos today, including nice bird photos of species that I of course have no idea what they are. NZ natives though so that should add a challenge for the Oz-based ornithologists in the audience. :)