So now we are at Rich's parents place near Tauranga we finally have broadband again so it means I can blog some of the goings on which have happened over the last little while.
We left Wellington quite a while ago now and took the bus from Wellington to Wanganui. We decided we needed to stop off in Wanaganui to break up the long bus trip a bit. I know that Wanganui has a bit of a bad image as a nothing town but it's not actually that bad (despite having to walk for miles to try and find a cafe open after 5.00 pm!).
One of my favourite things in Wanganui is the extremely old Durie Elevator (which was opened in the early 1900's) which travels though - as you'd expect Durie Hill! You have to walk through a very long and creepy underground tunnel to get to the elevator which was half the appeal of it (well to me anyways). Then you ring the bell and the lift comes and picks you up and takes you to the top of the hill for a cost of about $2 - I couldn't help but think the whole thing would be great in a horror movie. I'm pretty sure some of the locals would have a story or two about this lift.
When you reach the top of the elevator there's a great view of the city and the river and you can also walk up the top of a tower. The day we went it was VERY windy but also very blue skies so you had an amazing view all over Wanaganui.
After spending some time in Wanaganui it was time to head to my parents new farm in Kaponga, Taranaki. Like many parts of Taranaki there is a really old Dairy Factory near my parents place which hasn't been used for many years - but these old, unloved, derelict buildings do make for some good photographic opportunities.
When in "the Naki" Rich and I had a chance to do quite a few different things - including a trip to Tawhiti Muesuem which is a really amazing muesuem near Hawera with all sorts of life like models of early settler life in Taranaki.
We also had at least one trip to New Plymouth whilst we were in the Naki and spend some time walking along the waterfront, although I was a little annoyed at myself for forgetting to bring my skates along - it was a perfect day for skating!
Our final adventure whilst in the Naki was a day trip up Mt Egmont. We spent about five hours walking but we didn't do one track instead we did a mix and match of a whole variety of tracks which meant we saw Dawson Falls, Wilkies Pools and we even got close enough to the summit for Rich to make a snowman (although the snow man was pretty tiny).
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