Johnnie Visits and the Missed Bus Incident
Well this weekend Johnnie (my dad) flew over from Tassie to visist. It was good to see him again, and we had a pretty good time checking out some of the places I haven't yet seen. Yesterday we caught the ferry over to Waikeke Island which is a really nice island about the size of Bruny. We had a small adventure too...
When we got there we caught the bus and travelled around until we found a nice place (a beach) to get out and walk around. We grabbed something to eat, and I suggested we walk up the other end of the beach while because I was sure that the bus would travel along that way. Johnnie wasn't so sure, but I kept saying "Stop worrying so much, we'll be fine" which turned out not to be the case. The bus was due to arrive at 2pm, and when it was 2:15 and there was still no sign of the bus, I decided that prehaps Johnnie was right, prehaps the bus didn't come along this way after all. So I told him to stop moaning (he'll deny he was moaning) and start walking. As we walked we asked a local Islander how long it'd take to walk back to the main part of town. His laughter was enough to suggest it'd be a bit longer than 5 minutes. Anyway we kept walking, I kept telling Johnnie that some nice Islander would be sure to give us a lift. Eventually (20 minutes later) some nice Islander did pick us up, and gave us a lift into town.
I still maintain that it was a much more interesting way to the see the Island than just catch the bus, I don't think Johnnie was that convienced but the meal and a beer at the end of it and it was OK.
Haven't done much today, I got out to Takapuna too late to get on the rescue boat which was a bit of a bummer, but doesn't matter I'll just have to get out of bed before 11:30am next time. The local Santa parade went down Queen St (main street in Auckland) and it was amazing. Quite a bit bigger than the Hobart one! I sort of watched it from the window of my apartment, but also wandered down later in the day to have a look at some of the floats.
Anyway, enough typing. Time to get some food!
TiM