Our Wicked Walkabout

Well we have begun our Phase 4.

We left Melbourne on Wednesday evening, unfortunately the inbound flight was 1/2 hour late, so we were late leaving and late arriving. The flight was scheduled to arrive at 12:10 am… but instead we arrived after 1am… then pick up rental car, get to hotel, and crash into bed after 2 am. Wired, and struggling to get so sleep… so awoke exhausted, but excited.

We were only driving up to Rick’s friend, Dawn’s house, who lives 1 hour and 20 minutes from Christchurch, in a little village called Culverden, but the drive was lovely!

We are now driving a Red Corolla, just like we did in Western Australia… only this one is a hybrid… thankfully, the Petrol prices here are Skyhigh!!!

This car has been dubbed “Cora, the Corolla” don’t tell Swifto, but we like her better!

We arrived at the Vicarage, and after a wonderful catch-up… we crashed until Dinner.

After dinner, Ross took us out for the Tour of the area. What a great tour guide! Ross is a landscaper… so the focus was mostly on the Flora!