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Location Date Tue, 22 April 2008
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Goodbye New Zealand, it was good times.
As a testament to how much we enjoyed our time there, back in 2006 our original plan was to spend a short four months working and saving, we would arrive in late August and be out by Christmas. However, in the end we arrived early in June 2007 and didn't leave for nearly a year, till April 2008.
We were talking with our flat mates about the country the other day and summarizing it into a nutshell, here is some of what was said; The country offers nearly everything geographically; it has sandy beaches, rolling green hills, snowy mountains, mountain ranges, fantastic national parks, stunning lakes, long ski slopes, world class surfing waves, coral reefs & plenty of spare land. The land can grow an abundance of almost every crop, from apricots to avocadoes. If your profession is in the skills shortage list (e.g. teaching & IT) then you are laughing whilst picking from about ten job offers. The country is very safe, has an awesome climate, speaks English, the locals are very friendly, and if you 're worried about an imminent world war 3, part of its charm is, its so tucked away in the corner of the world no-one really has any idea where it is! The negative things are its so bloody far away from anything, quick holidays and cheap flights are limited to Fiji and Oz. The music scene is still in its 'infancy', highlights of the whole year included a 2 day Westlife tour date. (shudder) It can be hard to find work if you have a specialised profession, e.g. sound engineers!
Our final week in NZ was a mixed bag of tearful and strange goodbye's, party's, fine dining and final kiwi experiences. Kat's class cried when she broke the news of her final week to her class, they took it badly for ten minutes then found a new toy to play with. We visited friends around Auckland to say goodbyes. They were funny goodbyes because for a lot of our kiwi friends we would probably never see them again. It was like bye, stay in touch and... well might never see you again. It was a taste of what emigrating must be like.
In the last weekend some friends organised a secret lunch at a michilen star restaurant. We took a ferry over to Waiheke island and stayed with our friends Matt and Ben. We drank plenty of wine and ate mussels (a must do kiwi experience) on Friday night and then on Saturday we were told it was time to visit a local 'market'. We drove across the island and into the mudbrick vineyard, where awesome food and more wine awaited us!
Cooper Out
Love Dan & Kat
As a testament to how much we enjoyed our time there, back in 2006 our original plan was to spend a short four months working and saving, we would arrive in late August and be out by Christmas. However, in the end we arrived early in June 2007 and didn't leave for nearly a year, till April 2008.
We were talking with our flat mates about the country the other day and summarizing it into a nutshell, here is some of what was said; The country offers nearly everything geographically; it has sandy beaches, rolling green hills, snowy mountains, mountain ranges, fantastic national parks, stunning lakes, long ski slopes, world class surfing waves, coral reefs & plenty of spare land. The land can grow an abundance of almost every crop, from apricots to avocadoes. If your profession is in the skills shortage list (e.g. teaching & IT) then you are laughing whilst picking from about ten job offers. The country is very safe, has an awesome climate, speaks English, the locals are very friendly, and if you 're worried about an imminent world war 3, part of its charm is, its so tucked away in the corner of the world no-one really has any idea where it is! The negative things are its so bloody far away from anything, quick holidays and cheap flights are limited to Fiji and Oz. The music scene is still in its 'infancy', highlights of the whole year included a 2 day Westlife tour date. (shudder) It can be hard to find work if you have a specialised profession, e.g. sound engineers!
Our final week in NZ was a mixed bag of tearful and strange goodbye's, party's, fine dining and final kiwi experiences. Kat's class cried when she broke the news of her final week to her class, they took it badly for ten minutes then found a new toy to play with. We visited friends around Auckland to say goodbyes. They were funny goodbyes because for a lot of our kiwi friends we would probably never see them again. It was like bye, stay in touch and... well might never see you again. It was a taste of what emigrating must be like.
In the last weekend some friends organised a secret lunch at a michilen star restaurant. We took a ferry over to Waiheke island and stayed with our friends Matt and Ben. We drank plenty of wine and ate mussels (a must do kiwi experience) on Friday night and then on Saturday we were told it was time to visit a local 'market'. We drove across the island and into the mudbrick vineyard, where awesome food and more wine awaited us!
Cooper Out
Love Dan & Kat
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