It's now time to blitz the recruitment agencies which is quite a lengthy process as it takes about 2 hrs per agency well it's got to be done. There's a lot of confusion whether the guys can actually apply for electrician roles here as we've heard they need to have their qualifications transferred in order to work as Sparkies and also it's supposed to cost a fortune, not great news. Anyhoo there's an Electrical Board of Workers here in Wellington so we've decided...

Still looking for a car for Rog we decided to go to a local auction, which was quite a strange experience with people randomly screaming rather than shouting and the weird super-speed, non breathing, monotone noises coming from the auctioneer. There was nothing of any interest but on the way through the car park was an Isuzu Mu with good price, new tires and looked in good condition a few bits needed doing but at the price the guy wanted it was a good deal. So th...

The musketeers are all back together now and the hunt is on for a car for Rog and work for us all. He hadn't been in the country more than an hour before calling up about a car with desperate owners who had to leave the country in a few days, lovely let's see how little they'll take!! As it turned out the car was a bag of manure, they would be lucky to get $1000. Another part of our agenda for the day was to find some accommodation that we could pay on a weekly ...

Wellington on first sight appeared quite pretty with all the houses lit up on the hills and the last rays of sun disappearing into the night. Roger gets in from Oz tomorrow so Steve and I have a bit of time to get our bearings and go through the usual rigmarole of accommodation hunting. The lodge we stayed in for the 1st night was fine apart from the weirdo that was the manager, I swear he could hear everything we were saying and I think he had a problem with me...

Up nice and early we had a yummy porridge with apple and cinnamon, all fired up for the day of boarding and tumbles!! We booked a progressive package so we could get on the bigger slopes but as it turns out we were probably a bit too eager as we were no way ready to go down proper gradients when we haven't quite got the grip of turning yet, we had the lesson which re-capped on what we'd learnt the day before and were left to our own devices to get our skills (ha)...