Following on with our watery weekend theme this weekend we have been towed behind boats on boards and biscuits! Half way through the week I received an email from one of the directors at work saying that as part of the Christmas do this coming weekend he would be getting his boat out along with one of his friends and taking us all waterskiing. Now, having felt the coldness of the water during last weekends diving I was pretty sure that we were going to need more...

We are slowly getting to increase our circle of friends here in NZ and some of them are becoming quite handy to know… We were introduced to a couple who were friends of Nicky's. It turns out that they have just started New Zealand's first online dive store called Awesome Scuba. They are running it out of their house and using a purpose built trailer they can meet you anywhere with all the gear and as Dominic and his two friends (Possum and Boa) are qualified Di...

In comparison to last weekend our time spent in Christchurch this weekend was very tame. We (us and Tom and Rachel) realised that we havent really done any touristy things in Christchurch, so, over a few after work ales on Friday we decided to hit the museums, parks and get out a kayak to take a trip up the river Avon. When Saturday rolled round and we managed to peel ourselves out of bed our list of things to do was getting shorter. We sacked the idea of kayakin...

The Kiwis have a funny system of public holidays. They give the lovely people of Christchurch (and nowhere else in the whole of NZ) a Friday off work in order for them to visit the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral show. This is where all the farmers show off their prize heifers and sows and real "men" take part in arm wrestles, log chopping and pie eating competitions. As interesting as it seems to watch a man arm wrestle a hog or try and eat a cow ...

It was finally time to join the working masses. After nearly 11 months not having to set an alarm or get up at half-past-ridiculous unless it was for something exciting, the thought of work was more worrying than actually getting back into it. I have started off as a structural draughtsman which is a new thing for me. But as I said in the interview, draughting is draughting and I am sure that I will pick up the knowledge on the go. So far I have been working with...