Or is it the fat lady sings? Either way we have arrived in beautiful New Zealand with its green, lush grass, thick forests, mad drivers and unfriendly real estate agents. The enormity of what we are doing hit home on Saturday as we left the farm heading to Adelaide Airport. We looked behind us at the empty shell of our property, no signs of the so familiar activities of peacocks, turkeys, goats etc, not even the dogs were there to watch us drive away, wondering what time we will be back this time. It was very sad. The positive side of me kept repeating that we weren't losing the farm, not even leaving it forever, just going off on this unchartered adventure we had been planning for so many months. I still felt incredibly sad.
But here we are, in a land full of opportunities of work, travel and adventure and I am not about to let any negative feelings last long enough to inflict casualty upon this experience. Our temporary accommodation is nice, out of town on a property with lovely 'landlords', our hire car is a tiny red toy box on wheels, but it serves its purpose and our spirits are high. Our quest for more permanent accommodation and an a more manly car will begin once I get off this website and start searching. We stopped in to Hamilton Zoo yesterday to let them know their new staff had arrived safe, and were impressed by the minute glimpse we got of staff and grounds alike. We will return there tomorrow for a longer period of exploration and probably again on Thursday (night) with the arrival of two Chimpanzees from Adelaide Zoo.
Until I get more convenient access to the internet, my updates may be staggered and strange, full of spelling mistakes and lacking photos. It will happen.........
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