Friday! Final conference day, welcomed by all despite the crazy fun week that was. Checked out the Maritime Museum, to celebrate the rough weather we were having. Also found some awesome coffee/hot chocolate at Esquires which is everywhere here in NZ and some Korean Pancakes for $2!!! Having a local show you where to eat makes it cheap rather than the rough prices we were finding. The ball was fun on friday night, despite TWO other girls wearing identical dre...

Hey Everyone! I havn't updated since forever, so here goes. Thursday was the new topic for the conference, so i gave my second opening speech. Checked out the local articstic talent at lunch time at Auckland Art Gallery which is just across from the uni. Small but nice. Thursday night was our only night off from set conference social activities so Silai and I and Kate, a lovely Melbournian, checked out the nightlife at Takapuna (mainly due to its hilarious na...

Went on a harbour cruise last night. sky tower was amazing to look at at night, and the $5000 bar tab managed to run out rather quickly! Yesterday, Silai and I went galavanting again at lunch time, we went shopping! The main Queen St has all our normal shops, plus a couple of theirs, Silai bought a gold sequined dress! They have some groovy bookshops here - Whitcoulls to name one. then we checked out high St which is really groovy, had some little designer bouti...

WELL! Its still not as cold as i expected, but at least it hasnt rained the last two days so we've been enjoying the sunshine! Yesterday, Silai and I went wandering in a 2 hour break, we visited Victoria Markets which are open every day and were pretty groovy. They have lots of shell jewerally (sp?) which is very pretty and some scary looking maori totem thingos. Last night was the cocktail party, great fun but only one free drink per person :( It was crazy ho...

Random info Rochelle made it into this year's conference handbook! Its a hilarious photo :) I bought the New Zealand Herald yesterday, they sell it on street corners and have rewards cards (buy 5 get 1 free). The two dollar coin is bigger than the one dollar (makes sense but confusing for us) Today is the first day it hasnt rained :)